American Politics
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Give the National Endowment for the Arts Back to the Public
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
Anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear knows that the pro-life movements have received some…
Manners, Methods, and Greatness
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
A couple of years ago, another financial advisor with whom I work related the following story to…
China, DeepSeek, and American Complacency
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
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
Trump’s ban on gender transitioning has turned the tide on an indefensible cult,” writes Telegraph columnist Suzanne…
The Reboot
The editors discuss the new Trump administration and how it came to be. What are the vibes,…
Begging Your Pardon
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
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
When Barack Obama first won the presidency in 2008, he ushered in a distinctive left-liberal aesthetic of…
Medal of Freedom Recommendations for Trump
President Biden recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to nineteen worthies, celebrities, activists, and politicians (some…
The Debasement of Tolerance
Along with its sibling “diversity,” “tolerance” has achieved the status of being our culture’s reigning virtue. Given…
Reparations Should Not Trump Communion
Throughout Christian history, periods of social crisis have typically provoked an intensification of the faithful’s belief and…
Is Vivek Right About America?
On the second day of Christmas, Vivek Ramaswamy gave to America a diagnosis: We have a culture…