American Politics

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Suicide Prevention Must Be for Everyone

Audrey Pollnow

New York’s governor Kathy Hochul has placed a much-needed focus on suicide prevention. If she wishes to…

Classical Education Keeps Growing

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Martin Cothran joins in…

L.A. and Elon

The Editors

The editors discuss the immigration riots in Los Angeles, and Donald Trump’s feud with Gavin Newsom. Then…

Zoning Out 

Colin Redemer

In an era in which the American dream slips ever further from the grasp of the common…

How Obergefell Failed

Matthew Schmitz

On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, announcing a…

The Unconstitutional Ban on Religious Charter Schools

Nicole Stelle Garnett

On May 22, the Supreme Court let stand, by a divided vote and without opinion, a decision…

Kids Aren’t Learning—Here’s What to Do

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Jason Bedrick joins in…

How to Commemorate 1776

Walter A. McDougall

Next year is America’s 250th anniversary, and President Trump has promised us a “spectacular birthday party.” The…

While We’re At It

R. R. Reno

I’ve come to see that early Christian theology is more rabbinic than Platonic. Better: It involves a…

America’s New Grand Strategy

R. R. Reno

After the Cold War, the United States could imagine that its military was all-­powerful. America seemed capable…

One Cheer for Anna Paulina Luna’s Proxy Voting Gambit

Rachel Bovard

Congressional proxy voting is a terrible idea. It is patently unconstitutional. It is as slippery a slope…

While We’re At It

R. R. Reno

H. Richard Niebuhr taught at Yale Divinity School for many decades. In 1953, he made the following…

The Federal Bureaucracy Rollback Continues

Mark Bauerlein

On March 14, President Trump signed an executive order that cut funding for seven agencies, including the…

The End of White Privilege

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. A.J. Rice joins in…

Andrew Tate and Conservative Hypocrisy

Jonathon Van Maren

On February 27, Andrew and Tristan Tate landed in Florida after Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime…