American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Jewels of England
When visiting the southern United States, I have occasionally been amused to hear the Civil War described…
Giving Our All
This year’s Kavanaugh hearings revealed just how far progressives will go to keep a religious conservative out…
The Death of Clear Thinking
Last week, Roy Richard Grinker made an impassioned plea in the New York Times for the American…
A Time to Think Boldly
The ground is shaking under our feet. What we once thought stable is giving way. Consider our…
Why 42 Had to be Impeached Twenty Years Ago
Twenty years ago this month, I found myself seriously double-booked, so to speak. The editing of the…
The Case Against CRISPR Babies
A few days after Thanksgiving, a Chinese scientist named He Jiankui shocked the global community by announcing…
Protest of the Provinces
Founded in 1958, the French Fifth Republic has been one of the longest-lasting regimes in the nation’s…
A Grateful Christian
For all the wonderful stories about President George H. W. Bush and how he lived, the story…
The Dishonesty of George H. W. Bush
Like many Americans, I felt a warm patriotic pride yesterday when George H. W. Bush was laid…
Ideas Still Have Consequences
I worked on a congressional campaign this year that happened to coincide with my rediscovery of Richard…
American Legion and the Establishment Clause
Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to consider an important Establishment Clause case from Maryland, The American…
Avoiding Another Roman Fiasco In February
By peremptorily ordering the American bishops not to vote on local remedies for today’s Catholic crisis of…
Celebrity Theologian
Serious people on both left and right have wailed about the reality-show celebrity occupying the office of…
After Kavanaugh?
In the aftermath of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, the New York Times published an…
Getting Formation Right
I heard a bishop recently describe what his formation team does at his seminary: “They’re there and…
