American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
“Call Me Blessed”
The project known as Evangelicals and Catholics Together is now in its thirteenth year¯following its initial statement,…
The Mother of God at Prayer for the Kingdom of God
The project known as Evangelicals and Catholics Together is now in its thirteenth year¯following its initial statement,…
The Brothers and Sisters of Jesus
The project known as Evangelicals and Catholics Together is now in its thirteenth year, following its initial…
Secular Feminism’s Path to Power
In 1968, Hillary Rodham was little more than an outsider in the Democratic party. Rodham was a…
The Most Beautiful in All Christendom …
It’s probably the best music in New York. OK, I’m not in New York, I’m in Tennessee.…
Pumpkin Hurling
Every Columbus Day the locals bring their chairs and watch a trebuchet launch pumpkins past a fort…
Embryonic Stem Cells and Those Pro-Science Pro-Lifers
If the news of major breakthroughs in cell research should turn out to be correct, we are…
Newman in the Modern Classroom
I really think learning should be optional, ma’am.” This statement comes from one of my ninth graders…
Debating the Separation of Religion and Politics / The Bishops’ Conscience Clause
Last Saturday, the British magazine The Economist , sponsored a debate on this resolution: “Religion and politics…
Protecting Children and Imagining the Worst
Eight years ago in our urban Catholic parish in Connecticut, a teenager I’ll call Elizabeth started a…
Why Conservatives Should Care About Cities
It is not only conservatives but Americans in general who have had a hard time reconciling what…
The December Issue Is Here!
The December issue of First Things has just appeared, the first of the Yuletide deliveries to arrive…
Faithful Catholics and Faithful Americans
For the early Christians, living in societies that were at best indifferent to Christianity and frequently hostile,…
Stephen Colbert and the Value of Truthiness
In the November issue of First Things, Joseph Bottum wrote, “The weakest set of candidates in living…
The Bell Tolls for School Vouchers? The U.S. Senate and Religion Fraud, and A Brilliant Appointment
This week, the school-voucher referendum went down to a crushing defeat in Utah. It was a very…
