American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

The Catholic Constitution

Adrian Vermeule

Adrian Vermeule is Ralph S. Tyler, Jr. Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, where he…

Googling Moral Purity

R. R. Reno

It’s a Larry Summers moment for Silicon Valley. Google has fired software engineer James Damore. His sin?…

The Lost Adolescence of “Like”

Mark Bauerlein

When the 35-year-old man behind me recounts his weekend adventure to a buddy and drops a like into every…

Recovering a Culture of Affirmation

R. R. Reno

How to be a European? This question provided the topic for the twelfth annual Vanenburg Meeting, an…

Stop Assisted-Suicide Opioid Abuse

Wesley J. Smith

This week, the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis issued a report urging President…

Make Europe One Again

Gerald J. Russello

Messages from a Lost World: Europe on the Brink by stefan zweig pushkin press, 216 pages, $15.95…

Learning From Charlie Gard

Charles C. Camosy

While sitting on hospital medical-ethics committees, I have sometimes worried that physicians are tempted, against the wishes…

The Bitter Truth About Our Economy and Ourselves

Pete Spiliakos

The jobs environment for low-skill workers is finally improving. Unemployment for our least-skilled workers is down to…

Questions of Competence

George Weigel

It’s a safe bet that 99.95 percent of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics have never heard of…

The Very Model of a Modern Catholic Statesman?

John M. Howting

British Tory Member of Parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg is gaining a massive following on social media. Young people…

Ruth to Naomi

Thomas Banks

Narrow the house may be and poor,But should it be where you will stay,Then I will want…

Burns in Glory

Timothy Murphy

The Oxford Edition of the Works of Robert Burns, Volume I: Commonplace Books, Tour Journals, and Miscellaneous…

Tate Unmodern

James Matthew Wilson

Allen Tate: The Modern Mind and the Discovery of Enduring Loveby john v. glass iiithe catholic university…

Dying of Despair

Aaron Kheriaty

On November 4, 2014, ­­sixteen-year-old Cameron Lee, a popular, athletic, straight-A student at Henry M. Gunn High…

Pontifex Minimus

Paul V. Mankowski

Building a Bridge:How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect,…