Chris Hammer

Chris Hammer is an attorney in New York City.

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Hearsay & Insinuation

J. Edgar Hoover, Sen. Joseph McCarthy, and Roy Cohn created a security state dependent on gossip and insinuation that persists today.

December 3, 2021

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Wheels within Wheels

Today, fantastic thinking and a sense of dispossession do not exists solely in the conspiracist’s mind; it has pervaded our polity.

November 13, 2019

Article

The Reasons for Our Rights

Constitutional issues—like guns or speech—are often seen as coming from opposite points of the ideological spectrum. But they may be more similar than we think.

January 30, 2020

Must Reads

Politics

‘At Least Take the Bodies’

Russia’s refusal to repatriate its unburied dead underscores the inhumanity of the Putin regime.

By Rita Ferrone

May 4, 2022

Religion

When Timing Is Paramount

If Roe is overturned, the USCCB must be ready to emphasize a culture of life that protects and empowers vulnerable women.

By Peter Steinfels

May 9, 2022

Culture

A Whip of Cords

How Christians have used the story of Christ and the money changers as a justification for violence

By Phil Klay

May 2, 2022

Books

The Exquisitist

Shirley Hazzard’s stories show all that aesthetic sensibility can do—and all it can’t.

By Paul J. Griffiths

April 20, 2022

Collections

The Attack on Ukraine

As the crisis in Ukraine continues, we’re featuring articles on the war and what could be to come for Ukrainians and the world as a whole.

By The Editors

March 25, 2022