American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Inniswood in September
The forest still is rich, if not as green,As flecks of gold and umber decorateThe canopy, and…
Another Narrative
In the early ’70s, one of my mentors at the University of Chicago told me there was…
Events Roundup—7.28.20
Online 2020 National Conference: From Wonder to Wisdom—at School & at HomeWednesday & Thursday, July 29-30Moved online,…
Honoring the Elderly
COVID-19 has killed nearly 150,000 Americans, and about half of them were residents of nursing homes and…
Against Self-Promotion
Humility is an underrated commodity in our society. Politics, business, entertainment, the academy, and even the church—they…
In Defense of King Louis IX
The current iconoclastic moment in the U.S. has taken an odd turn here in the city of…
A Godless Great Awakening
Why did millions of Americans don surgical masks, insist on an inviolable national quarantine to keep death…
A Time for Catechesis
In my last article for First Things, I commented that the speed of cultural change, combined with…
Will Nancy Pelosi Take a Page From Her Father’s Playbook?
In 1918, Mayor James Preston presented a 264-piece silver service to Cardinal James Gibbons on behalf of…
Free Speech in the Digital Public Square
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Jon…
Retune the Sky
Music is as old as Jubal (Gen. 4:21), but for most of Western history, “music” didn’t mean…
Iconoclasm Returns to Oxford
We were warned about statues. The Psalms were so concerned about them that they said almost exactly…
A Dark Cloud For Democracy
One striking aspect of America’s protests over the death of George Floyd is the way in which…
The Corruption of Universities
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, John Ellis discusses…
My Recipe Binder
For those of us who were adults before the advent of the Internet, a three-ring binder was…
