American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Christmas in New York
There was a woman screaming on Park Avenue, flecks of saliva spraying from her mouth as she…
RJN: The Pope in Turkey
There are so many pieces to Pope Benedict’s visit to Turkey this week that one hardly knows…
The Witness of Dietrich von Hildebrand
Now that the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project has been founded with a view to republishing the…
Reno: Modern Art Revisited
Two recent trips to two very different art exhibits provoked some gloomy thoughts about our times. Earlier…
Miller: The Pope and World Hunger
Speaking about the many people in the world who go hungry, Pope Benedict XVI says that we…
Smith: Saints and Singers
Like Fr. Neuhaus , I too was taken with the article “I’m Not a Saint, Just a…
Hylden: Schori’s Agenda
No one thought it possible, but there is a wave of nostalgia sweeping through the ranks of…
RJN: On Love & Madness
Here, with thanks to Amy Welborn, a reflection to lift the heart and confirm the will .…
Bottum: Items in the News
Of things to blog about, the world never ceases to supply a sufficiency¯and more than a sufficiency,…
Ruiz: Twelfth Night & the Art of Humiliation
Last week I saw the final New York performance of a Twelfth Night now touring the United…
Oakes: The Body in St. Paul and Benedict XVI
Reports that the South African Parliament has approved gay marriage, and that the U.S. Catholic bishops have…
RJN: From Borat to Chelsea
There has been a lively discussion among the young folks in the office about the morality of…
Bottum: Waiting and Waiting
At least I caught up on my reading. The seventy-fifth-anniversary issue of Fortune was particularly interesting. I…
Arkes: The Commerce Clause Revisited
In the forthcoming January issue of First Things , I have an analysis of the oral arguments…
Powers: Boomers, War, and Sacrifice
We were walking through Central Park in Manhattan, just south of the Naumburg Bandshell, when we came…
