Magazine

October 21, 2016

v.143 n.17

Article

You'll Feel a Little Pinch

The system may very well not be working in patients’ best interests. But we certainly shouldn’t count on drug companies to lead the way.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

October 11, 2016

Article

It Still Takes a Village

If the hollowness of the 1990s opened up a space for one kind of communitarian moment, perhaps the bewilderment of today is the occasion for another, different kind.

October 10, 2016

Secularism and Modernity

Social Justice

Article

'The Fractured Republic'

Yuval Levin attributes our political frustration to “nostalgias” of Left and Right baby boomers. His book is worth examination; his framework suffers exaggerations.

October 6, 2016

Article

Letters | A prairie church, Hillary Clinton, climate change, etc.

By The Editors

October 5, 2016

Letters

Article

Poem | 'That September and October'

I was, you said, thinking of you so much, you hoped, you said, / not too many were dead

By Lawrence Joseph

October 5, 2016

Poetry

War and Peace

Article

Poem | 'Cosmos'

In the niched cosmos of the church wall,/ Christ’s palms, painted vermillion,/ metamorphos

By Valerie Wohlfeld

October 5, 2016

Poetry

Article

Lost in Storyland

A meditation on "story" amid this long campaign season, when some candidates have warned that immigrants are stealing both employment and the American story.

By Mark Phillips

October 5, 2016

Election 2016

Article

'Sully' & ‘Snowden’

As films about living heroes go, “Sully” Sullenberger gets a workaday treatment while Edward Snowden's dramatization is juvenile and melodramatic.

By Richard Alleva

October 5, 2016

Media

Article

Summoned

When the summons for jury duty came, I was more than a little excited to see how the system actually worked in real life. The experience did not disappoint.

By Christopher M. Duncan

October 5, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Economy

Article

Blind Spots

Though we like to think of racism in binary terms, it is actually more like a poison that most white people carry around at different levels.

By Gordon Marino

October 5, 2016

Race

Article

America First?

In evaluating Obama’s record, one should recall what disarray his predecessor bequeathed him. What will his successor do to advance or complicate his legacy?

October 5, 2016

Article

Women & Children First

What are some signs of the times that a child-centered politics must address? One critical sign, I propose, is the changing role of the father.

October 5, 2016

Article

Stunts & Punts

One week, Congress found the Saudis deserving of U.S. aid no matter what they were accused of doing in Yemen. The next, they were presumed responsible for 9/11.

By The Editors

October 4, 2016