American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Multiplying Himself
How to capture the essence of Richard John Neuhaus and his impact on others? Perhaps numbers help.…
First Things First
For his friends this is the kind of loss that tilts the world on its axis; for…
He Threw It All Away
In the early 1970s, Lutheran pastor Richard John Neuhaus was poised to become the nation’s next great…
Than Longen Folk to Goon on Pilgrimages
The Canterbury Tales by geoffrey chaucer translated by burton raffel modern library, 672 pages, $36 Chaucer is…
Preserving the Law
Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism by paula fredriksen doubleday, 512 pages,…
Candid Headstone
Here lies what’s left of Michael Juster, A failure filled with bile and bluster. Regard the scuttlebutt…
Biotech: What to Expect
Over the past fifteen years, the pro-life movement has succeeded in enacting some modest limitations on embryo-destructive…
At This Still Point of the Turning World
The winter poplars stand” Strange masts with spars Under cold stars. I shall wait a myriad sail…
A Religion for Atheists
Alain de Botton has been engaged for many years now in an intriguing project”to get people to…
Abortion After Obama
It happens every four years”maybe every two years: Anytime there’s an election in this country, the pundits…
Briefly Noted 224
Phenomenology of the Human Person by Robert Sokolowski Cambridge University Press, 360 pages, $26.99 paper Robert Sokolowski…
Homecoming
Sometimes I dream I’m flying just above the plain” the world in wheat beneath me, the rivers…
Asking the Wrong Question
I recently attended two conversations under the aegis of the Templeton Foundation’s Big Questions initiative. Both dealt…
The Excellence of Limits
In the Shadow of Progress: Being Human in the Age of Technology by Eric Cohen Encounter, 180…
2008 December Letters
Protestant Christendom Joseph Bottum’s article, “ The Death of Protestant America: A Political Theory of the Protestant…