American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Clashing Victimocracies
We live under what Eric Gans has called a “victimocracy,” a political and cultural system trenchantly laid…
Death at Tree of Life
On Saturday, October 27, 46-year-old Robert Gregory Bowers shot eleven Jews dead and wounded nine at Pittsburgh’s…
11th Month, 11th Day, 11th Hour (Armistice 100)
10:59. The seconds slowly trudgeOver the top of the eleventh hourWhen shells and whiz bangs cease their…
Historical-Critical Qur’an
The Qurʾān and the Bible: Text and Commentaryby gabriel said reynoldsyale, 1032 pages, $40 This book is misleadingly…
The Monster’s Servant
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Lifeby diarmaid maccullochviking, 752 pages, $40 They said it could not be done. At…
Every Square Inch
Pro Rege: Living Under Christ’s KingshipVol. 1: The Exalted Nature of Christ’s KingshipVol. 2: The Kingship of…
Muslims in American Politics
In the summer of 2017, something unusual happened at the Islamic Society of North America’s (ISNA) annual…
In Rare Form
Devotions by timothy murphy north dakota state, 192 pages, $24.95 Not a knee is padded in Timothy Murphy’s…
A False Paradigm
So much for the “new paradigm.” With the Church now mired in its most severe crisis since…
Peter Damian’s Counsel
Sometime during the second half of the year 1049, Peter Damian, prior of the hermitage of Fonte…
Shifting Tectonic Plates in Eastern Christianity
ROME. While Synod-2018 was trying to grasp the polyhedron-like character of “synodality” and wrestling with the differences…
Crisis at CUA
It’s a shocking and ultimately sad story: The Catholic University of America has summarily suspended William Rainford,…
Anti-Semitism and the Rise of Rage
News of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh hit me like a punch…
Kanye Goes Back to the Old Landmark
Kanye West’s October 11 visit to the White House displayed unforced conviviality mixed with mutual sincerity—a welcome…
The Kavanaugh Embarrassment
A Canadian commenting upon the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process seems like bad manners. Good neighbors are not…
