Against pacifist sentiment and calls for isolationism, Reinhold Niebuhr insisted on a realistic Christian response to political crises, one willing to dirty its hands to avoid catastrophic evil. However, his dialectic between love and justice produces a catastrophic paradox.

America has been a force for extraordinary good in the world. Is it possible her origins are more morally complex than generally imagined?

At the Battle of Monmouth, she took over for a fallen soldier and worked a cannon against the enemy. She attracted the attention of George Washington–and a nation forever grateful.

There may be no prudent responses against North Korea’s regime for Otto Warmbier’s murder. But such a concession to realism over justice does not invalidate the morality of the retributive instinct. It remains. And it remains deeply Christian.

Two hundred and forty years ago this week, a Frenchman landed on American soil to join the American fight. He became one of our greatest patriots.

50 years ago, Israel reunited Jerusalem and laid the groundwork for the possibility of peace

Prime Minister Theresa May insists, “United we will take on and defeat our enemies.”

55 years ago, the chief architect of the holocaust was executed in Israel.

A review of Michael Golembesky’s Dagger 22