American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Living Constitution, Dying Faith
Living Constitution, Dying Faith: Progressivism and the New Science of Jurisprudence by Bradley C.S. Watson ISI Books,…
Fires of Faith: Catholic England under Mary Tudor
Fires of Faith: Catholic England under Mary Tudor by Eamon Duffy Yale, 280 pages, $28.50 n Before…
From Eire to Eternity
A Very Brief History of Eternity by Carlos Eire Princeton, 258 pages, $24.95 Carlos Eire, A Yale…
Disorder in the Court
Since Oliver Cromwell allowed Jews to settle in England in 1656, Britain’s Jews have often suffered indignities,…
Descendants
Soon enough, new pharaohs arise. On sand these leaders shift The winds aside. Like gods they flood…
All Together Now
Biblical Natural Law: A Theocentric and Teleological Approach by Matthew Levering Oxford, 260 pages, $110 The Dominican…
Tuesdays With Morbid
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom Hyperion, 254 pages, $23.99 n I would be very surprised…
The Killer Instinct
A friend of mine, in her college days, had a bumper sticker that offered this peaceful counsel:…
Justifying Paul
Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision By N.T. Wright InterVarsity, 268 pages $25 NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED years…
Bavarian Baroque
At first it’s like a painted teacup inverted, this gold-scalloped dome containing an apotheosis of saints triumphant…
The Needle’s Eye
The destinies of the aging but affluent people of the West and the young but impoverished people…
Pulling the Plug on the Conscience Clause
Over the past fifty years, the purposes and practices of medicine have changed radically. Where medical ethics…
How Pedophilia Lost Its Cool
The reason that the monstrous crime of pedophilia matters is simple: In an increasingly secular age, it…
Death for Fun and Profit
The Original of Laura (Dying is Fun) by Vladimir Nabakov Alfred A. Knopf, 278 pp., $35 SOMEWHERE…
Wondrous and Silly
On a bright day in early autumn, I found myself sitting on the floor of my favorite…
