American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Prosperity Breeds Idiots
At the start of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s novel In the First Circle, a Soviet diplomat on home leave…
The End of the News
Before I began to write for newspapers, I used to deliver them—not door to door, but by…
An Era of Chameleons
Scruffy and stocky, he enters every room with backslapping joviality; she is elegant and willowy, and impresses…
The Fate of Hong Kong’s Christians
Christians in Hong Kong overwhelmingly support the mass protests that have disrupted the region for the last…
The Polish Heroes of World War II
Sunday marks the eightieth anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. On September 1, 1939, Poland…
A Sloppy Attack on National Conservatism
A great deal of ink has been spilt in recent months about the “new nationalism” taking hold…
Mass Shootings and Émile Durkheim
Not being an American, I have been reluctant to delve into the question of mass shootings, which…
What Economics Is For
Almost 130 years ago, Pope Leo XIII published the encyclical Rerum Novarum. In this text, he defended…
Cardinal Pell, Scapegoat
Earlier today in Australia, a three-judge panel refused to overturn Cardinal George Pell’s conviction on five counts…
The Australian Disgrace
There will be much more to be said in the weeks and months ahead about the rejection…
Currency and the Common Good
Aristotle defines money as “the substitute for need.” Currency enables us to acquire basic necessities, since it…
The Good of Politics
In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World by jake meadorivp books, 208 pages, $22.53…
Big Addiction
According to my iPhone, I pick up my phone 177 times each day and spend 26 hours…
The Fertility Trap
Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Declineby john ibbitson and darrell brickercrown, 304 pages, $26 Malthusianism…
Why We Read Memoirs
In June, the New York Times published a list of “The Best 50 Memoirs of the Last…
