American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Education of a Pro-Life Clergyman
We used to walk to church together, Susan and I, she a junior at St. John’s College…
Stories From the Shutdown
Every day we read story after story of coronavirus deaths and hospitals under stress. These reports are…
Earth Day and Death
Today, on the 50th anniversary of one of the globe’s largest protests, much of the human world…
The Church and the Virus
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Mark and…
Keep It Simple
God Over All: Divine Aseity and the Challenge of Platonismby william lane craigoxford, 280 pages, $88 Mathematics…
In Plato’s Cave
I am blind and burnt.An old man taught me home’s forgetting, murderous seducer left me lost,took the…
Epicurus Today
How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Wellby catherine wilson basic, 304 pages, $30…
Easter Morning
Prime At dawn, the shapes of cypresses in fogwere fingers pointing up from graves, as if what’s…
Formation for Worship
Cultural Liturgies, Vol. 1–3 by james k. a. smith baker academic, 720 pages, $69.99 The Christian faith…
Happiness for All
A few years ago, when a group of students at Emory University prepared to demonstrate against a controversial…
We Love Big Brother
Good heavens, this is hard to write. To experience a national humiliation and shame is one thing.…
Letters
Identitarians Theodore Dalrymple (“Identity as Ideology,” February) is certainly correct to point to the yearning for transcendence…
Coronavirus Diary: New York, March 30
Monday. I check my phone when I wake up. There’s a text from my wife’s cousin, a…
Coronavirus Diary: New York, March 26
Thursday. Brilliant sunshine and cold, crisp air. I take Lucy for her walk. We linger in a…
Music in the Time of the Virus
I grew up in East Berlin, so I’m familiar with the feeling of being walled in and…