American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Liberalism and the Wrath of the Privileged Whites
Each of our parties is acting crazy, thanks to its own elites. The Republicans are acting crazy…
Why the Humanities Must Remain Human (Or Die)
Recently, MoMA’s first poet laureate, Kenneth Goldsmith, received national attention for teaching a course at the University…
Our Claim on God’s Mercy
This text was originally delivered as a homily on the first Sunday of Advent. Blessed John Henry…
C. S. Lewis’s Love Story
In an era when romance is dead and divorce is considered a natural part of life, Shadowlands,…
Paying With Wearables
Do you dream of a world where you can pay for your morning coffee with just a…
Cult of the Cutting-Edge
Should art aspire to be “absolutely cutting-edge”? What exactly does that phrase mean? In The Square, a…
Can Moral Monsters Make Good Movies?
On March 10, 1977, Roman Polanski, director of Chinatown and Rosemary’s Baby, drove 13-year-old Samantha Jane Gailey…
The Florentine Pietà
In the late 1540s, an aging Michelangelo embarked on what he intended to be his culminating sculptural…
Fire Up a Candle
Fire up a candle for the Advent wreath.The birth is a week away.Let the deer browse peacefully…
You Can Say That
While I was talking with our longtime contributor Hadley Arkes this month, he quoted a statement that…
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Snow that has fallen in the night Blankets at last the sodden clay And offers such peace…
Neither Pop Nor Culture
Let me begin with a confession. I spent almost a half century producing pop culture, mostly for…
Fewer Boys Is Better . . . for Boys
The numbers are clear. In 2015, females made up 56 percent of the undergraduate population in the…
Evangelical Identity and Its Crises
There continues to be sober reflection on what the Trumpian moment means for the future of evangelicalism,…
What’s Changed Since Humanae Vitae?
Throughout this academic year, Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University is hosting a series of lectures, billed as the…
