American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Deferred
I never shot a commie or a Nazi In ’66, but this is what I did: Field-stripped…
Whether Faith Needs Philosophy
Abelard, claimed St. Bernard, was a logic-chopping rationalist whose writings were symptomatic of the anti-contemplative theology of…
Equal Rights, Unequal Wrongs
In most states, young people can drive a car at sixteen. At eighteen, they can vote and…
Why Polls Make Us Dumb
There are three groups of people who consistently have a detrimental affect on American politics: Republicans, Democrats,…
Westernizing Islam and the American Right
At the end of The Searchers, John Wayne stands framed by the darkened doorway of a cabin,…
Sales Pitch
He walked with me around the grounds, expecting me to give away” by how I sighed at…
Death by Water
Every sea-born whale is born to drown, Save those lost few who crush their final breath On…
Briefly Noted
Wilhelm Röpke’s Political Economy by Samuel Gregg Edward Elgar, 216 pages, $115 n Once upon a time,…
The Preferential Option for the Poor
A year or so ago I got together with some college friends. Good guys—careers, families, some churchgoers,…
Ancient Destinations, Modern Journeys
Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche by James Miller Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 422 pages, $28 n…
Huck Finn the Israelite
The Instructions by Adam Levin McSweeney’s, 1030 pages, $29 n Using the kind of comprehensive, pick-a-fight judgments…
Evangelical Ressourcement
Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry by Hans Boersma Eerdmans, 218 pages, $20 n The…
Les Regrets, Sonnet 38
Lucky: the man who measures out his days among his equals—simple, honest, free, not gripped by cramping…
A Review of To Change the World
To Change the World by James Davison Hunter Oxford University Press, 368 pages, $27.95 n In his…
A Review of Constancy and the Ethics of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park
Constancy and the Ethics of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park by Joyce Kerr Tarpley Catholic University of America,n288…
