Articles in this Issue
The Best Book Ever Written on America
Tocqueville’s perennial timeliness.
The Problem of Edith Stein
German Jew, Catholic nun, Holocaust victim, saint.
Birmingham, 1963
Turning point of the civil rights movement.
Reading the Ice Cores
How scientists really predict the future.
Shrek: Happily Ever Ogre
An anti-fairy tale run amuck.
Lincoln’s America
Elevating the spirit of the Declaration of Independence above the legalism of the Constitution.
Colonial Modern
When historian Jon Butler looks at early America, he sees the lineaments of contemporary secular pluralism.
One Nation, Under God
Why are some Christian scholars embarrassed by America’s religious history?
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times
The moral complexity of the American Revolution.
Minister to Freedom
The legacy of John Witherspoon.