American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Bottum: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese died yesterday, slipping away at age sixty-five after a long illness. A professor at Emory…
The Kennedy Court
Only a day after the election, the Supreme Court heard oral argument on Gonzales v. Carhart ,…
Maritain’s America
Since its founding, the United States has elicited much curiosity and commentary from European intellectuals. Oscillating between…
The Mystery of the Aleph
The world God made is infinite”or not. Its essence is of matter”or of thought. If finite”how much…
More on Balthasar, Hell, and Heresy
Alyssa Lyra Pitstick: In his reply in last month’s issue of First Things to my investigations of…
Fear and Trembling
Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz by Jan T. Gross Random House, 320 pages, $25 At the…
Reforming Natural Law
Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics by Stephen J. Grabill Eerdmans, 328 pages, $38 Stephen…
The Closing of the German Mind
The Seduction of Culture in German History by Wolf Lepenies Princeton University Press, 270 pages, $24.95 In…
RJN: On St. John and Mormons
With stunning abruptness we’re jostled from the Christmas Mass (the Christ Mass) to the feast of St.…
Bottum: Lawyers and the Life of the Mind
Are lawyers intellectuals? They’re smart, certainly, as a class, and they work primarily with their minds. But,…
JB: Duke University Rape Case
In response to last week’s news that the Durham prosecutor has finally dropped the rape charges against…
RJN: O Come Let Us Adore Him
“I don’t know why he has to spoil the season by bringing that up. For him every…
Linton: Messiahs for This Christmas
Which Messiah ? It’s not a theological question; it’s a question about what to listen to when…
RJN: A Few Items …
Herewith a few items, definitely not in order of importance: “Group invites world to come together for…
Bottum: Housekeeping
If you look over at the top of the lefthand column, here at the First Things website,…
