American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
The Dark Shadow of Eugenics
Proponents of in vitro fertilization invariably draw our attention to the ideal candidate for this procedure: a…
The Old Fusionism Revisited
In the 1950s and early 1960s, the American right consolidated around a shared antipathy to the power…
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…
The Last Pro-Life Democrat President
James Earl Carter Jr., the 40th president of the United States, who died at age 100 on…
End of an Era
The election results in November were remarkable. Donald Trump’s victory was decisive. And it was impressive. He…
