War On the Concrete

by John Waters

There was a time when those who sat at desks pushing paper around were in a symbiotic relationship with the concrete classes. Continue Reading »

20 Feb 2020 0

Democrats, Republicans, and Homeless Voters

by Pete Spiliakos

Neither Democrats nor Republicans understand the voters who switched from supporting Obama to supporting Trump. Continue Reading »

14 Sep 2017 0

A Hillarian Lesson for Church Leaders

by George Weigel

Hillary Clinton still doesn’t get that she was the reason she lost. Continue Reading »

17 May 2017 0

Hillary Clinton and Rich, White, Crooked Liberalism

by Pete Spiliakos

Maybe Clinton had trouble prioritizing working-class whites because of her status as a rich, liberal white person who gained her wealth from influence-peddling. Continue Reading »

27 Apr 2017 0

The John the Baptist of Post-Truth Politics

by Pete Spiliakos

More than any other politician, Clinton prepared the public for the devil’s bargain Trump would later make with his supporters. Continue Reading »

5 Jan 2017 0

Sex and Sin in Protestant America

by Joshua Mitchell

The now infamous second presidential debate was a spectacle that few decent Americans want to witness again. It was also a spectacular one-act recapitulation of the four-hundred-year-long drama of sex and sin in Protestant America. Continue Reading »

25 Oct 2016 0

Never Waste A Crisis

by Peter J. Leithart

A social conservative he ain’t, but that doesn’t mean the Trump bomb is meaningless for social conservatives. Pope Francis isn’t the only one to observe that a nation that produces a spectacle like this can’t be healthy. With so much shrapnel flying, with so many settled conclusions being questioned, Christians have a rare opportunity to take stock and ask some basic questions about our polity. Continue Reading »

7 Oct 2016 0

Speaking of “Deplorables”....

by George Weigel

You’d think presidential candidates would have learned that shooting from the lip in front of deep-pocket donors is asking for trouble. Continue Reading »

28 Sep 2016 0

Homelessness, Party-Style

by George Weigel

Catholics aren’t wrong to feel that the Democrats and the Republicans have left them. Continue Reading »

27 Jul 2016 0

The Irrelevance of Hillary’s Peccadilloes

by R. R. Reno

In other circumstances, the bad odor of the Clintons would be off-putting. But our leadership class has just received a shock: They have become aware that their consensus isn’t as widely shared as they imagined. Continue Reading »

8 Jul 2016 0