politics
How can the Democrats catch up to Trump?
Joan Williams correctly diagnoses the party’s failures. I am less sure about her prescriptions.
The power of charismatic narrative
Why has the authority of American elites been swept aside? Historian Molly Worthen argues that it’s because they failed as storytellers.
Reclaiming “church politics”
Ross Kane argues that politics is about congregational life and governance—not just statecraft.
The politics of performance
In the Trump era, the narrative around legislative efforts seems to matter a lot more than the actual results.
Episode 47: Social psychologist Diarmuid O’Murchu, author of Divine Radiance in Human Evolution
A conversation with Dairmuid O’Murchu about Aristotle, divine spirit, the climate crisis, and more
