American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
How Zohran Mamdani Won New York
After the strangest mayoral election in New York City’s modern history, Zohran Mamdani—a thirty-four-year-old democratic socialist who…
Where the Church’s Immigration Rhetoric Fails
Catholic discussions of immigration frequently omit salient facts, most prominently the legal status of the “migrant.” I…
Illinois Chooses Death
At 2:55 a.m. on the morning of Halloween, the Illinois Senate cast a final vote on a…
The Church and Immigration Sanity
Let’s start with a thought experiment. A foreign-looking family knocks on the door one evening and asks…
The Charisma of the Leader (ft. Molly Worthen)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Molly Worthen joins…
Reforming STEM to Strengthen the Nation
This article is adapted from a talk delivered at the 2025 National Conservatism Conference. Let the laser…
Trump’s IVF Policy Could Be Worse, But It’s Still Bad
The Trump administration’s IVF policy unveiled on Thursday is perhaps the least bad that we could have…
Expanded Abortion Pill Access Puts Death in Women’s Hands
Can Trump be trusted on abortion?” I wrote in these pages last fall. One year later, the…
Third Ways and Other Ways
Charlie Kirk’s assassination has fired up a long-standing evangelical wrangle about “third-wayism.” Keen to avoid being boxed…
Charlie Kirk, Christian Vitalist
The Christian norms that once underwrote America’s liberal democracy have eroded. This “great unraveling,” to borrow James…
Technological Nationalism
Some years ago, I was visiting an acquaintance in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He had a few friends over…
An Important Civics Lesson, Well Taught
The permanent exhibit in the rotunda of the National Archives in Washington, D.C., includes original copies of…
Tyler Robinson and the Violence of Porn
Multiple media outlets have reported that Tyler Robinson, the alleged murderer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was…
Faith Returns to the Public Square
Pastors, pundits, and politicians gathered in Phoenix last Sunday to remember Charlie Kirk. Seventy thousand people filled…
How Sen. Durbin Shifted on Abortion
On January 17, 1982, a young and not-yet-elected Richard J. Durbin served as the master of ceremonies…
