Critics of the rigid and imperious ideological extremism of the modern Left now often reach for the vocabulary of religious fanaticism to explain what has happened to progressives. Sometimes that ...

A sketch from 1877 illustrating the landing of the Pilgrims, by artist Albert Bobbett. The Print Collector/Hulton Archives via Getty Images Every November, numerous articles recount the arrival of ...

If you're a fan of the public radio program "This American Life," or if you remember the sweetly sarcastic character Violet from the recent film The Incredibles, you're already familiar with Sarah ...

When winter cold settles in across the U.S., the alleged “War on Christmas” heats up. In recent years, department store greeters and Starbucks cups have sparked furor by wishing customers “happy ...

Why is there such a disconnected between contemporary reformed understanding of Israel and the Puritans? This is what I seek to explain in this article. To begin, it is important to understand that ...

Many things influence human behavior, and I don’t claim to understand all of them. I have had the most experience with the early New England Puritans' influence on how Americans act and react to the ...

Over the past decade, no social critic has been more withering toward identity politics and cancel culture than Andrew Doyle, the playwright, comedian, and journalist from Northern Ireland. Whether it ...

It helps a little—just a teeny-weeny bit?—to reflect there’s nothing new under the sun. As with America’s latest puritan episode: tight lips, smoldering eyes, icy rage against human hindrances to ...

Each Puritan congregation made its own covenant with God and answered only to the Almighty. Puritans looked for evidence of a “godly life,” meaning evidence of their own prosperous and virtuous lives ...

The recent trend towards teaching children about sex hits on a reality: The most progressive among us are also the most puritanical. What’s always struck me about Huxley’s novel is that, even amid all ...

When winter cold settles in across the U.S., the alleged "War on Christmas" heats up. In recent years, department store greeters and Starbucks cups have sparked furor by wishing customers "happy ...