Category: Politics
The Adoption Tax Credit isn’t (Necessarily) ‘Pro-Life’
The latest proposal by House Republicans to eliminate the adoption tax credit has sent pro-lifers into a frenzy. The ERLC, Susan B. Anthony List, and related groups have denounced the Republican proposal as insufficiently pro-life. One prominent conservative website went...
The City and the Gods: The Case for the Liberal Order
I’m pleased to publish this guest feature from Dr. Paul D. Miller of the ERLC.
Conservatism Fails to Act Responsibly
Last Friday Kevin D. Williamson published an essay at National Review that in many ways represents mainstream conservatism’s highs and lows. By turns hilarious, insightful, bizarre, obnoxious, confused, and offensive, Williamson explores the ugly ways in which Trump and his...
On Powers, Principalities, and Politics
“I’m the idiot box. I’m the TV. I’m the all-seeing eye and the world of the cathode ray. I’m the boob tube. I’m the little shrine the family gathers to adore.” “You’re the television? Or someone in your the television?”...
In the Center There Is Joy
It is crucial that we rehabilitate centrism. The way to do it is to see it as a metapolitical thesis. This means no longer construing it as a rival of the various political positions on offer. On this view, centrism...
Lessons from the Wreckage: Notes on Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria
Lessons from the Wreckage, Pt. I: A Voice from the Whirlwind He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot, he rides on the wings of the wind; he makes his messengers winds,...
The End of Bourgeois Christian Politics
I’m happy to publish this brief column from my friend Brandon McGinley. I remember watching the 2008 election returns in a conference room at Princeton University with fellow conservative students and faculty members. The general mood declined quickly as the...
The Christian Journalist in the Era of Fake News
From Jake: This is a great day for Mere Orthodoxy: We have our first long-form commissioned essay paid for by our generous patrons via our Patreon page. We’re kicking off our long-form series with an excellent piece from Gracy Olmstead...
On Trump and Repentance
As is my rule with these things, I’ve taken a few days to hold off on publishing anything on Charlottesville. That said, it’s been a couple days now and for several reasons I think it’s a good time to post...
Social Conservatism vs Tribal Nationalism
I’m pleased to publish this guest essay from Dr. Paul D. Miller. What was social conservatism, and why did evangelicals adopt it as their political creed? What has become of the movement under President Donald J. Trump? Politically, social conservatism...