American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Give the National Endowment for the Arts Back to the Public

Michael Astrue

For decades, Americans have become increasingly alienated from the American arts establishment. The main source for their…

Pro-Lifers and the Trump Administration: Wins, Concerns, and the MAHA Opportunity

Charles C. Camosy

Anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear knows that the pro-life movements have received some…

Manners, Methods, and Greatness

George Weigel

Browsing Footprints in Time, the memoirs of Winston Churchill’s longtime private secretary, John Colville, I found a…

The Slow Death of ESG and DEI

John Norberg

A couple of years ago, another financial advisor with whom I work related the following story to…

China, DeepSeek, and American Complacency

Francis X. Maier

History is a heartless teacher. Three hundred years before Christ, Carthage was a prosperous commercial empire dominating…

JD Vance States the Obvious About Ordo Amoris

James Orr

We are living, it scarcely needs saying, in unpredictable times. But no one could have imagined that…

Trump Ends Government Promotion of Gender Ideology and Child Mutilation

Eric Kniffin Mary Rice Hasson Theresa Farnan

Trump’s ban on gender transitioning has turned the tide on an indefensible cult,” writes Telegraph columnist Suzanne…

The Reboot

The Editors

The editors discuss the new Trump administration and how it came to be. What are the vibes,…

Begging Your Pardon

Joshua P. Hochschild

Who attempts to overthrow a government without weapons? Why would the alleged leader of an insurrection authorize…

Pharmacists Should Not Be Allowed to Prescribe Abortion Pills

Rachel Roth Aldhizer

At the end of 2024, Washington State implemented a month-long pilot program that allowed some pharmacists to prescribe mifepristone…

The End of Trudeau’s Pseudo-Caesarism

Nathan Pinkoski

When Barack Obama first won the presidency in 2008, he ushered in a distinctive left-liberal aesthetic of…

Medal of Freedom Recommendations for Trump

R. R. Reno

President Biden recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to nineteen worthies, celebrities, activists, and politicians (some…

The Debasement of Tolerance

J. Daryl Charles

Along with its sibling “diversity,” “tolerance” has achieved the status of being our culture’s reigning virtue. Given…

Reparations Should Not Trump Communion

Casey Chalk

Throughout Christian history, periods of social crisis have typically provoked an intensification of the faithful’s belief and…

Is Vivek Right About America?

Colin Redemer

On the second day of Christmas, Vivek Ramaswamy gave to America a diagnosis: We have a culture…