American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Rome and Immigration
The West is being roiled by populism. Voters are increasingly bitter about the effects of globalization, which…
While We’re At It
The indispensable data analyst Ryan Burge reports a slight uptick in belief in the afterlife. A…
Briefly Noted
The Book of Mormon simultaneously affirms the Bible and challenges its uniqueness, with the stated purpose to…
End the Shutdown, Protect Life, and Make Healthcare Affordable
At the heart of American civil society lies the moral obligation to protect human dignity and the…
Heritage and the Right
The editors discuss the troubles at Heritage, the conservative think tank whose president recently touched off a…
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…
