American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Faithful Reason About Stem Cells
Two years ago, William Saletan¯Slate.com’s science reporter¯compared the typical approaches of Jewish and Catholic thinkers to bioethical…
Update on Stem-Cell Research
It made the front page of the New York Times , but don’t let that dissuade you¯reports…
Christian Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Christian Anti-Capitalism!
I keep reading through Rabbi Michael Lerner’s Tikkun, Jim Wallis’ Sojourners, and the parallel writings of the…
Brownback’s Faith and Reason
At the recent debate among Republican presidential candidates, Chris Matthews asked the candidates to raise their hands…
Talmudic Jesus
Jesus in the Talmud by peter schäfer princeton university press, 232 pages, $24.95 Rabbinic literature is surprisingly…
For a Moment, Little Lower than the Angels
Betjeman: A Life by A.N. Wilson Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 368 pages, $27 John Betjeman was the…
Glosa: Apart and Not Yet a Part
Apart and not yet a part, I live lightless and unseeing to be consumed out of being.…
An Obituary for the Culture Wars
I returned last Tuesday from a week in Rome, which is always an instructive, and frequently an…
Canon 1398: A Clarification
I wrote in this space yesterday about the controversy surrounding the remarks of Pope Benedict XVI concerning…
Catholic Politicians and Excommunication
Earlier this month, a reporter asked Pope Benedict XVI whether he agreed with the Mexican bishops who…
Donate Now or We’re Calling UPS
As you may or may not remember, last week was Pledge Week . This week (or what’s…
America and Its Dead
You can see them at many grave sites where the War of Independence was fought, and the…
A Day in Chelsea
Francis Bacon once wrote, “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to find talk and discourse; but…
When a Book Reviewer Is In Over His Head
Here’s the latest example of a fascinating, though depressing, cultural phenomenon. A fellow who clearly knows nothing…
Religious Tolerance and the Common Good
This talk was delivered at the Path to Peace Foundation seminar “Catholic Students and the Common Good:…
