American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism
American evangelicalism is deeply divided. Some evangelicals have embraced the secular turn toward social justice activism, particularly…
Sondheim’s Cynicism
When Stephen Sondheim died in late November at ninety-one, the eulogies, tributes, and bouquets from critics and…
There’s No Place for Us
In 1947, the three most exciting Jews in American entertainment got together to plan their first collaboration.…
Letters
Old v. Young Philip Pilkington’s provocative essay, “Generation Against Generation”(December), portrays capitalist countries ripped apart by tensions…
What the 1619 Project Means
The 1619 Project:A New Origin Storycreated by nikole hannah-jonesone world, 624 pages, $38 In 1930, Lorenzo Greene…
Cosmology and Creation
In an address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 1951, Pope Pius XII remarked that “true…
Workism Isn’t Working
Workism is a new word, and it’s a good one. It captures the spirit of our elites,…
What We’ve Been Reading—January 2022
R. R. Reno Editor A few years ago, I was swept away by Laurus, the remarkable novel…
Aaron Renn on Evangelicalism
Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Aaron Renn, co-founder of American Reformer, to talk about his…
Merry Christmas, from a Muslim
When I first set foot in America in the mid-2000s, I found myself in an odd situation…
The Poet’s Eye
How to Start Writing (and When to Stop):Advice for Writersby wislawa szymborskanew directions, 112 pages, $17.95 For…
On Wisdom-Lord-Worship
The Bundahišn: The Zoroastrian Book of Creation:A New Translationedited and translated by domenico agostini and samuel thropeoxford…
Saint Lucy
She is already what she will become.In crimson cape, her neck pierced by a sword,she holds the…
A Less Perfect Union
An editor at Viking Press once told me that there are two ways to sell books: Put…
Starting With a Sentence by Aidan Hart
Truth is truth wherever it is found, In light-struck windowed hands of opal glass, In pebbles left…
