American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Global Anti-Semitism?

Edward S. Shapiro

Last May, the Anti-Defamation League made the start­ling pronouncement that one-quarter of the world’s population is anti-Semitic.…

Christian and Countercultural

Rod Dreher

Over the past decade, especially in the struggle over same-sex marriage, some of my friends and allies…

Mecca for Sale

Stephen Schwartz

Mecca is threatened. The city is the sacred center of attention for all Muslims. It is the…

The Myth of Vampire Children

Christopher Kaczor

My university experience, like that of so many others, was rich. I was a college athlete and…

Grammar Rules

Mark Bauerlein

Gwynne’s Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English? by n. m. gwynne…

Manual for Love

Francesca Aran Murphy

Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faithby eve tushnetave maria, 224 pages, $15.95…

Roland on Free Will

David Bentley Hart

In my dream (if it was a dream), I was roused by a soft, suave, gauzily sonorous…

Our Death Mounds

Matthew Milliner

As the Western suburbs of Chicago go, it’s a spectacular view. To the distant north is the…

Public Chastity, Private Chaos

Mark Regnerus

Americans’ public and private lives are on a collision course. Our social system—the one we publicly engage…

The Great Charter at 800

Charles J. Chaput

These remarks were delivered at Brigham Young University, January 23, as part of BYU’s on-going “Faith, Family…

A Fundamental Right to “Personal Recreationism”?

Wesley J. Smith

Gender dysphoria (transgenderism)—formerly known as gender identity disorder—was once considered a mental illness. Today, the condition—and how…

Remembering Conservative Reformers

Pete Spiliakos

Liberals are enjoying a moment of confidence. Across the board, there is a sense that the salient…

March on for Life

William Doino Jr.

Forty years have passed since the Supreme Court handed down its Roe v. Wade decision, on January…

The Historical Kevorkian

Wesley J. Smith

I am often asked for interviews by students who are writing papers about the assisted suicide issue.…

Avoiding the Identity Politics Trap

Pete Spiliakos

A Mike Huckabee presidential campaign could be the Republican establishment’s nightmare. His candidacy would combine upfront social…