American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
How Not to Restore American Industry
For every complex problem,” H. L. Mencken said, “there is an answer that is clear, simple and…
Extraordinary Coincidence, Contemporary Lesson
Forty years after Pope John Paul II bent the course of the 20th century in a more…
Scandal in South Carolina
A priest was recently placed on administrative leave in my own Diocese of Charleston. Fr. Raymond Flores,…
The Rot in Our Ruling Class
Twenty dead in El Paso. Nine more in Ohio. Both shootings are malicious acts to be condemned.…
Taleb’s Call to Duel
Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Claire Lehmann seemed like natural allies: Both are contrarian, entrepreneurial free thinkers. But…
Calling Joe Biden to Repentance
During the most recent round of Democratic party debates, abortion was noticeably the dog that didn’t bark…
The Epistle of James in the Current Crisis
The Epistle of James strikes us as a letter of perennial wisdom. James encourages his readers to…
Cosmopolite Panic
A friend recently wrote to me, informing me we have fallen out over Brexit. He notes in…
Woke Totemism
A year ago in April, a student group at the university where I teach invited Amy Wax,…
Briefly Noted
The End is Music: A Companion to Robert W. Jenson’s Theologyby chris e. w. greencascade, 107 pages,…
Letters
Immigration Reinhold Niebuhr’s Christian realism, which was lately set forth in Matthew Schmitz’s “Immigration Idealism” (May), famously…
The Demon in Middlebury
The invitation from Middlebury College to speak about my book The Demon in Democracy came last year.…
Politics and the Sacred
Bret Stephens recently championed the “classically liberal concept of a neutral public square.” In this issue, Matthew…
How Revolutions End
Anna Młynik-Shawcross didn’t see it coming. “There was definitely a feeling, from the mid-80s, that it was never…
Lessons in Virtue From Apollo 11
Fifty years ago this week, the crew of Apollo 11, the world’s latest heroes, were doing decidedly…
