American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Bitterness and Hope at Chanukah
A column about Jewish things. Chanukah is Judaism at its least demanding and most comfortable. We light…
The World Will Whimper
Catholic Ireland has fallen. Some vague, residual piety may stay the hand of the Irish from completely…
The Ecstasy of the Mob
In his review of the 1946 French film Panique, critic Bilge Ebiri observes that mob behavior is…
The Case For Keeping Trump
Should the Senate remove President Trump from office? Mark Galli, editor of Christianity Today, says “yes!” He…
Evangelical Elites Are Out of Touch
Some years ago I wrote a short book in which I argued that, while political thinking was…
A Hidden Life: The Story of a Marriage
I thought we could build our nest high up in the trees.” We hear the voice of…
Learning for Liberty
It’s college application season. From my window, I can see thoughtful families walking across the quad, following…
Our Integral Regime
Maya Forstater’s ordeal will outrage you. Since January 2015, the 45-year-old British tax expert had served as…
Arguing for Truth in the Anti-Culture
With the recent Tory triumph in the British parliamentary elections, it is clear that the old, predictable…
The Test for the Tories
For a short introduction to the strangeness of Toryism in 2019, start with a blog post published earlier this…
Leaders Who Can’t Lead
In my forty years as a student and teacher in higher education, I have seen the humanities,…
Let’s Fix the Pornography Problem
In 2016, Donald Trump made one of the most important promises of his campaign: Elect me, and I will…
Boris and a New Tory Democracy
At long last, the logjam in Britain’s Parliament has been broken. Though many called it a risk,…
Boris: The New Blair
Here is one way to try to understand Britain’s very odd general election, in which a nominally…
Against the “Fairness For All” Act
The “Fairness for All” Act (FFA), introduced December 6 by Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT), claims to arrive…
