American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Death By Police
One April night thirteen years ago, a police sharpshooter killed Jake. Jake (I have disguised his name)…
What Clericalism Looks Like
For the past three months, parishioners and friends of the Church of Our Saviour on Park Avenue…
Cardinal Francis George
In the spring of 1997, a routine meeting of the finance council of a venerable archdiocese (best…
Ancilla
I am the maid of Lady Claudia. She’s not an easy mistress, but she’s fair. I smooth…
Briefly Noted
Redeeming “The Prince”: The Meaning of Machiavelli’s Masterpiece ?by maurizio viroli ?princeton, 208 pages, $26.95 In Redeeming…
Prayer in the Facebook Age
It is easy to overlook those moments in the Gospels when Jesus withdraws from others. They come…
Churches & Obama’s Executive Amnesty
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler has critiqued President Obama’s executive amnesty for millions of illegal…
Death With Aesthetics
We don’t speak plainly in public discourse anymore. Rather, we equivocate and deploy euphemisms to sanitize our…
Conservative Populism and the Cory Gardner Problem
A funny thing happened when Cory Gardner, the senator-elect from Colorado, went on Fox News Sunday: He…
Pastors Don’t Need to Enter Politics—They’re Already In It
A friend is encouraging pastors to run for political office. Like everyone, he’s worried about America’s future,…
Social Liberal Hubris
Mark Udall’s senatorial defeat might have been the sweetest victory for social conservatism on Tuesday. He organized…
What the Midterms Mean for Social Conservatives
I’m never more of a partisan than on election night. All my misgivings about the Republican Party…
Bessie’s House
Five years ago, Mike Low started Bessie’s House in Kansas City’s Northeast neighborhood, where unemployment is at…
The Pope and the Problem of Punishment
Pope Francis recently gave a speech to the International Association of Penal Law advocating for the improvement…
Minor
Pillar of cloud parting the cold: first breath post-birth. Ichor coruscates as the cord cuts: lodestar leads…
