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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,…

Silencing Dissent, Affirming Delusion

Carl R. Trueman

Recent events indicate that the struggle against the dehumanization represented by trans ideology is far from over.…

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…

Quebec’s War on Public Faith

Anna Farrow

When French explorers arrived on the shores of what would come to be called New France in…

The Forgotten Priestless Counties of Rural America

Robert Aaron Wessman

“What do the members of your religious community think about the Traditional Latin Mass?” As I’ve traveled…

Bishop Martin Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Damian Thompson

Until a few weeks ago, students attending Mass in the chapel of Charlotte Catholic High School in…

St. George’s Cross, Flag of the People

Francis Young

In recent weeks, the Flag of St. George (a red cross on a white background) has appeared…

Trump and the Churches

Peter J. Leithart

Politics is important, but it’s not the first thing. What we call politics isn’t even the first…

The AI Cheating Epidemic

Jeremy S. Adams

Last spring, some of my graduating seniors felt obligated to take me aside before graduation, as if…

The End of Natural Parenthood

Katy Faust

Ten years ago, via judicial fiat, the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage for the entire nation. But…

Annunciation School and the Cost of Denying Reality

Francis X. Maier

On the surface, Paul Kingsnorth, Iain McGilchrist, and Mattias Desmet might seem to have little in common.…

Politics After Literacy

R. R. Reno

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

Do Christians Even Care About the Ten Commandments Anymore?

Carl R. Trueman

Predictably, the recent proposed Texas and Louisiana laws that would require public school classrooms to display the…