American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Struggling Alone
He came out to me in an email. I’ve known him for years, long enough that I…
Evangelicals and the Mother of God
It is time for evangelicals to recover a fully biblical appreciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and…
Sacra Roma
The Aeneid by Virgil, translated by Robert Fagles Viking Adult, 496 pages, $40 We do not read…
Modern Times
A World Beyond Politics? A Defense of the Nation-State by Pierre Manent Princeton University Press, 228 pages,…
The Hrant Dink Murder and Its Meaning
On January 19, 2007, a journalist named Hrant Dink was shot dead by a seventeen-year-old militant on…
He Who Pays the Piper …
One of the most dramatic stories of religious and cultural change in recent American history is the…
The Journey Home
This evening (Monday) at eight o’clock, Fr. Leonard Klein will be the guest of Marcus Grodi on…
The Brownback Announcement
Last weekend I did something I have avoided doing for years. I went to a political rally.…
The State of Social Conservatism
So what is one to make of the State of the Union address last night? A superior…
RJN: Iraq and Things to Come
I have no privileged perspective on the wisdom or lack thereof in President Bush’s Wednesday night address…
Death and Lectures
I’ll be lecturing in Baltimore on Monday, January 29, and in Denver on Tuesday, February 6. You…
Ambivalence and Resolve About Roe
The most consequential cultural and political event in American history in the past half century was the…
Zoos: Not for Children Anymore
Perhaps it is wrong for me to comment about a movie I have no intention of seeing:…
Ruiz: The Southwell Institute
Robert Southwell is perhaps the most famous of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, a young…
Bottum: Who to Reread in 2007
It’s weeks into 2007 already, and I don’t really know what I’m going to read this year.…
