American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
We Want God
It’s been some days since President Trump delivered his speech in Poland on “the West,” but the…
Manichaean Misdiagnosis
In a recent issue of La Civiltà Cattolica, Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J. and the Rev. Marcelo Figueroa…
The Church of England’s Nietzschean Proposal
In a world of change and flux, it is reassuring to know that some things remain the…
Love at the Edge
Every country has a scent. In countries where bodies smell like bodies, you catch it in the…
Creatures in the Cosmos
What are we humans doing in space? The anxious words of Pascal ring true: “The eternal silence…
Eugene Peterson’s Theological Sigh
This week, Eugene Peterson became arguably the most consequential evangelical to endorse same-sex relationships and marriage.* His…
Beyond Velvet Nihilism
The post-war era is ending. I’ve said that before (“Return of the Strong Gods”). Donald Trump’s address to…
Books Versus Screens
The rise of film and television in the first half of the twentieth century led several of…
Je suis Charlie, Once More
Less than one year old and stricken with a rare degenerative disease, Charlie Gard is on life…
Passion for Equality
At the close of its term last month, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Masterpiece Cakeshop, one…
Trump in Poland
Poland has been an unabashedly pro-American country. No wonder President Trump received a warm welcome here, not…
Learning from Reagan on Healthcare
Henry Olsen’s brilliant, revisionist intellectual biography of Ronald Reagan should transform how we think of our fortieth…
Fifty Years of Friendship with Cardinal Pell
Msgr. Thomas A. Whelan, my pastor when I was growing up in Baltimore, was a striking character:…
Whose Baby Is Charlie Gard, Anyway?
“The time has come for your baby to die,” a doctor told the grieving parents of a…
Facebook as Church
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg gave a speech in Chicago last week, laying out a new mission for the…
