The gospel according to Pete
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks often of his religion—but he tailors it to fit his politics, and it focuses on works over faith
The power of The purse
"At some point," White House press secretary Mike McCurry told reporters last month, "our goal here obviously is to dump all this stuff, flush the toilet, and say it's all one big argument for campaign finance reform." The "stuff"
Madeleine Albright's utopian universalism
Secretary of State-designate's faith in multilateralism may provide some direction to Clinton's ad-hoc foreign policy, but will it turn the military into a "global Salvation Army"?
Sports
Super Bowl glory The original New England Patriots two centuries ago (Samuel Adams, quarterback) were strongly motivated by Chris...
Creating controversy
Plans for creation museum met with big bang in Kentucky
Notebook
Culture
Books
The culture of freedom
One of the most influential intellectual movements of late is libertarianism. Not to be confused with libertinism, libertarianism is the modern extension of the classical liberal philosophy that b...
Culture
Culture Notes
Free (-market) TV The Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of the government's "must carry" regulations that require cable operators to carry all local TV broadcasters i...
Music
From the other side
Although the gospel albums that sold the most in 1996 came from Andy Griffith and Jars of Clay, the ones that held up best under repeated listenings belonged to a cast of characters who, for the m...
Books
I am, therefore...
Every January I endeavor to re-read a handful of classic books. This year that pleasant task has been made that much more delightful by new editions of two of my favorite titles on the list. ...
Dispatches
The Buzz (Publick Occurrences)
This Week
The scarlet letter Fear that "the people's business" is being ignored amidst the partisan wrangling over ethics charges and countercharges in Washington is not very well-founded. It...
Quotables
Quotables
Newt Gingrich's problem, I've always thought, he's like Lenin. They both made a revolution by shooting people--Newt shot Democrats, Lenin shot everybody--and then they didn't have sense enough to ...