American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Gender After Eden

Mary Harrington

The Genesis of Gender:A Christian Theoryby abigail favaleignatius, 248 pages, $17.95 Our departure from the Enlightenment is…

Holy Fear

Justin Lee

On at least two occasions, my father found himself in public showdowns with Mad Max, an itinerant…

Houellebecq’s Omelette

Theodore Dalrymple

Anéantirby michel houellebecqflammarion, 736 pages, $29 As Chekhov conveyed boredom without being boring, so Michel Houellebecq conveys…

The Bottom Line

David Novak

There are two facts of my life that my grandchildren used to tell their friends with pride.…

Mary

John Poch

The kingdom of heaven is likea hummingbird nest, the luckiestcup of air to hold a breastof solitude,…

Arthur Brooks on Growing Old

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Arthur C. Brooks  joins the podcast to…

Keep Christianity Strange

Justin Lee

The following contains spoilers for the series Midnight Mass. Not long after his first Communion, horror auteur…

Remembering M. Stanton Evans

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Steven Hayward joins the podcast…

Virtually Disconnected

James A. Hamel

Not long ago, I saw a news story about a New Zealand college student who had been…

The Dreams of Sholem Asch

David Randall

Who has heard of Yiddish writer Sholem Asch (1880–1957) or his masterpiece The Nazarene, published in 1939…

The Simplicity of Father Stu

Francis X. Maier

This article contains spoilers for the film Father Stu. Father Stu starring Mark Wahlberg, is a surprise: a small,…

The Mind of Éric Zemmour

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Nathan Pinkoski joins the podcast…

The Rage of Meir Kahane

J. J. Kimche

Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical by shaul magid princeton,…

An Apostle of Literature

Glenn C. Arbery

In the fall of 2021, a student at the University of Dallas asked me to give a…

Bolsonaro’s Brazil

Tom Gallagher

Beef, Bible and Bullets: Brazil in the Age of Bolsonaroby richard lappermanchester, 272 pages, $29.95 In 1941,…