Leonard Cohen, the Christ-Haunted
by Joe HeschmeyerThough he would often protest that he “wasn’t really a religious man,” Cohen seemed unable to sing or speak for very long without bringing up God. Continue Reading »
Tenderness in Moonlight
by Eve TushnetIn a hard world it’ll kill you to be gentle. That’s the message of the first two-thirds of Moonlight. But it is also a story about men’s need to be tender. Continue Reading »
Silver Linings for Never Trumpers
by Michael NovakWhatever the inward intentions of President-elect Trump, one of the consequences of his shocking victory is the possibility of a reprieve from the death sentence otherwise awaiting millions more unborn persons. Continue Reading »
No Protestants on the Court
by Mark MovsesianHow the absence of Evangelicals on the Supreme Court might affect the course of American law. Continue Reading »
If It Be Your Will
by Douglas FarrowThe famous Montreal poet and songster, Leonard Cohen, died earlier this week. Continue Reading »
Making Sense of It
by Francis X. MaierMaybe the only satisfying thing about the November 8 election of Donald Trump as president was the shock on the part of America’s pollsters, media, and leadership class, as the inconceivable actually happened.
Why did it happen? Continue Reading »
Trump, Evangelicals, Religion, and the 2016 Exit Polls
by Darren GuerraOne major theme of this election year has been the role of evangelical voters in Donald Trump’s electoral success. To be sure, there has been much division among evangelical leaders and the evangelical rank-and-file over whether or not to support Trump. Given the controversy, it is worth exploring . . . . Continue Reading »
A Tale of Two Marxisms
by Carl R. TruemanMarxism has triumphed in America. And while it isn’t the Marxism we expected, it is the one we deserve. Continue Reading »
Lasch, Populism, and Conservatism
by Dale M. CoulterThe recent issue of Modern Age contains a commemorative essay by Susan McWilliams marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of Christopher Lasch’s The True and Only Heaven: Progress and its Critics. McWilliams reminds readers that Lasch offers a positive analysis of populism that speaks to the current political malaise. As part of his critique of the cult of progress, Lasch attempted to ground politics in the intuitions of the petty bourgeoisie and the populist tradition that gave life to those intuitions. He saw in petty-bourgeois culture a moral realism that recognized the cost and limits of human existence, reinforcing a healthy skepticism of progress. The “small proprietors, artisans, tradesmen, and farmers” of the petty-bourgeois world were the least likely “to mistake the promised land of progress for the true and only heaven.”
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