American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Making the Wrong Kind of Mess

Charles J. Chaput Thomas Weinandy O.F.M. Cap.

Starting in 2013 and variously thereafter, Pope Francis has called upon Catholics, especially young Catholics, to “make…

The Inner Ring of the Academy

Augustus Howard

In his 1944 lecture “The Inner Ring,” C. S. Lewis made a profound observation about social exclusivity,…

Abortion and the Eucharist

R. R. Reno

How should the Catholic Church respond to abortion extremism? Bishop Robert McElroy’s recent intervention in this debate…

Solemn Bromides

John Wilson

It’s a gross understatement to observe that the Trump presidency provoked a surge in the already robust…

Revolt of the Retired Generals

Nathan Pinkoski

On April 21, twenty retired French generals published an open letter to President Emmanuel Macron and the…

Breakfast at Kim’s

Elizabeth C. Corey

If you arrive at Kim’s Diner before noon, your best option for breakfast is either the homemade…

A Treatise on Two Cities

Joshua P. Hochschild

Athens and Jerusalem:God, Humans, and Natureby david novak university of toronto, 392 pages, $51 Tertullian’s question—“What has…

Homo Amazonicus

Sohrab Ahmari

Fulfillment:Winning and Losing in One-Click Americaby alec macgillis farrar, straus and giroux, 400 pages, $28 For religious…

Letters

Various

T. S. Eliot The only excuse I can imagine for David P. Goldman’s taking up the shopworn…

Origen’s Ladder

Robert Louis Wilken

Homilies on the Psalms:Codex Monacensis Graecus 314by origentranslated by joseph w. trigg catholic university of america, 480…

True Jewish Lit

Cole S. Aronson

The Blessing and the Curse:The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Centuryby adam kirsch w.…

The Rhine Breaches the Tiber

Raymond J. de Souza

On October 11, 1954, the newly-ordained Father Hans Küng celebrated his first Holy Mass at the tomb…

Ethics of Leadership and Ethics of Teaching

Kevin L. Flannery

John Keown spoke recently about the ethics of nuclear weapons. In his lecture, “The Pope and the…

History Never Ended

Nathan Pinkoski

History Has Begun:The Birth of a New Americaby bruno maçães oxford, 248 pages, $29.95 Is liberalism giving…

Law of Nations

David Novak

Political Theology of International Orderby william bain oxford, 272 pages, $85 Whatever international order there is today,…