American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Trump and the Churches
Politics is important, but it’s not the first thing. What we call politics isn’t even the first…
Reclaiming Time from Work
“Greedy work” is a concept attributed to economist Claudia Goldin, but its intellectual roots can be traced…
Iranian Christians Should Not Be Detained While Seeking Asylum
ICE began detaining Iranian asylum seekers after the bombing of Iran’s nuclear refinement facilities on June 22.…
The Therapeutic Subversion of Parental Rights
Is “mental health” the new cudgel by which the state subverts parental rights? Developments on both sides…
What Are We Fighting For?
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he…
Erasing Christianity from American History
It is a historical fact that Christianity played a central role in the colonization of the New…
Immigration Policy Is Hurting Rural Catholic Ministry
I love rural America. That love began in my formative years in Minnesota—working on a hog farm,…
Armenia and Azerbaijan’s Uncertain Peace
This month at the White House, Armenia’s prime minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev shook…
The Real History of Black Progress (and Regress)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Jason Riley joins…
Proud to Be an American?
This July Fourth, you may have attended a local parade. If it was anything like mine, you…
War on the Weak and a Bad Bishop
A case study in brain-dead deconsolidation: marijuana legalization. Marijuana has been legal in New York State since…
Mamdani and the New Phase of Wokeness
What happened to wokeness? This is one of the most insistent questions in political commentary today. Do…
Nationalism Will Save the West
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Yoram Hazony joins in…
The Right to Be Killed
In the days surrounding the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., leaders of the civil rights movement…
The Imperative of Reconsolidation
We often fail to recognize how deeply the traumas of the early twentieth century shaped American political…
