Great Art Can Be Propaganda

by Kyle Smith

Political messaging can make for bad art—but also for masterpieces. Continue Reading »

21 Feb 2022

Invisible President

by Barton Swaim

We Are the Change We Seek:The Speeches of Barack Obamaedited by e. j. dionne jr. and joy-ann reidbloomsbury, 376 pages, $25 The one thing we know about Barack Obama—at least, we think we know it—is that he is a great orator. From the moment he entered the nation’s consciousness in the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2017

Tolerating political diversity

by Pavlos Leonidas Papadopoulos

“How can anyone vote for him?” “How can anyone vote for her?”In a contentious election between candidates with historically high disapproval ratings, voters across the country are asking such questions, incredulous that their fellow Americans could be on the other side this time. These . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2016

When Pastoral Language Becomes Political Rhetoric

by Carl R. Trueman

When pastoral language is the same as political rhetoric, Christians face an array of difficult problems. Continue Reading »

24 Mar 2015

History’s Crisis, Europe’s Problem, Our Future

by Carl R. Trueman

A new book on the writing of history helps explain the breakdown of contemporary political discourse.
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5 Feb 2015

A Politics of Denunciation

by R. R. Reno

Political correctness is gelding liberalism, as Jonathan Chait recently observed. A punitive spirit of denunciation haunts pretty much any conversation among liberals. We’ve seen it for a generation in higher education. Continue Reading »

3 Feb 2015