Conservatism

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Turning Point

The Editors

The editors discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the rise of political violence in America. Rusty Reno…

Charlie Kirk, Faithful Warrior

Jeremy Carl

I first met Charlie Kirk in 2021, when he was a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute,…

A Turning Point for America

R. R. Reno

Last summer, the nearly successful attempt to assassinate Donald Trump took my mind back to April 1968.…

Let’s Make America Serious Again

George Weigel

Having spent most of July and August off the grid while teaching in Poland and vacationing in…

Weightlifting in the Underground

Matthew Gasda

Harold, the protagonist of Jordan Castro's new novel Muscle Man, is a Gulliver who doesn't travel. Or…

Politics After Literacy

R. R. Reno

In this episode, Mary Harrington joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about her recent…

The Therapeutic Subversion of Parental Rights

John M. Grondelski

Is “mental health” the new cudgel by which the state subverts parental rights? Developments on both sides…

Conserving the Past through Education

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Robert L. Luddy…

The Real History of Black Progress (and Regress)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Jason Riley joins…

The Happiness Gap Between Liberal and Conservative Women

Vilda Westh Blanc

For decades, the prevailing narrative urged young women to “lean in,” to hustle, to shatter glass ceilings.…

The Waxing and Waning of Christian Zionism

Dale M. Coulter

From the publication of Hal Lindsey’s Late Great Planet Earth (1970) to the end of Tim LaHaye…

Kids Need the Classics

Mark Bauerlein

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

Safety Third

Thomas Fickley Mark Perkins

"At State Football, Safety Is Our #1 Priority!” So declares a banner appended to a social media…

William F. Buckley’s True Calling

R. R. Reno

In this episode, Christopher Caldwell joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent…

Coldplaygate and the Case for Public Judgment

Justin Murphy

On July 16, Andy Byron, the CEO of a medium-sized software company, attended a Coldplay concert in…