American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Alabama’s Challenge
By passing a law that protects life in the womb, Alabama has accomplished the unthinkable—according to the…
Age of Fear
Me: You said recently—probably on Twitter—that for the last year or so you’ve been reading books in…
Notre Dame Students Against Porn
As a student at the University of Notre Dame, I have always been taught to try to…
A Christian Gentleman in the Nation’s Capital
On May 8, the Library of Congress and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars co-hosted a…
Hilltops of the Holy Land
When Aaron Lipkin looks out, he sees biblical history all around. There is Bethel, where two bears…
Chimpanzee Disaster
Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dreamby carson vaughanlittle a, 266 pages, $24.95 For two decades,…
Ever Devotedly in Notre Dame
Given the attention paid to Fr. Theodore Hesburgh these days, interested parties would do well to consult…
Persecution and Constitutional Theocracy
The Interim Report on global persecution, issued at Easter by the Rt. Rev. Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of…
The Big Tech Threat
This essay was originally delivered as a speech at the Hoover Institution on May 2, 2019. Social…
The New Family Violence
Family violence can take many forms,” says Madam Justice Marzari of the Supreme Court of British Columbia,…
On the Composting of Thee and Me
In Herman Wouk’s novel War and Remembrance, Warren Henry shocks his Bible-reading father, the novel’s hero, by…
Fear and the Benedict Option
When people ask me if the Benedict Option is a call to hospitality or to hunker down,…
Tradition and Fertility in Eastern Europe
After more than a decade as a demographic laggard, eastern Europe is having a slight “baby boom.”…
Our Lady of Hope
In Georges Bernanos’s historical play Dialogues of the Carmelites, the scene is grim for the Catholic Church.…
Truth-Telling and Big Abortion
For over a half-century, what styles itself the “pro-choice” movement has thrived because of its extraordinary ability…
