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Rome and Immigration

R. R. Reno

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…

End the Shutdown, Protect Life, and Make Healthcare Affordable

Louis Brown Jr.

At the heart of American civil society lies the moral obligation to protect human dignity and the…

Heritage and the Right

The Editors

The editors discuss the troubles at Heritage, the conservative think tank whose president recently touched off a…

How Zohran Mamdani Won New York

John Ketcham

After the strangest mayoral election in New York City’s modern history, Zohran Mamdani—a thirty-four-year-old democratic socialist who…

Christian Persecution in Nigeria

Sonnie Ekwowusi

The escalating wave of systematic attacks on Christians has gripped Nigeria in recent years. On October 31,…

The Mediocrity of AI

R. R. Reno

Will AI evolve and supersede human intelligence, ushering in the tyranny of machines? Is the economy careering…

On Converting Your Spouse

Jeremy M. Christiansen

At a recent Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi, JD Vance remarked that he…

Wistful Agnostics and True Believers

Bethel McGrew

With the death of the New Atheist industrial complex, a new variety of religion-friendly intellectual discourse has…

How Critical Theory Paved the Way for Nick Fuentes

Carl R. Trueman

I was teaching an undergraduate colloquium on critical theory at the University of Notre Dame when the…

Illinois Chooses Death

Mary Kate Zander

At 2:55 a.m. on the morning of Halloween, the Illinois Senate cast a final vote on a…

Newman and the New Ultramontanism

George Weigel

The All Saints’ Day proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as a Doctor of the Church was…

The Art of Disagreement in a Polarized World

Gil Student

In an era when disagreement often feels synonymous with disdain, the life and career of Rabbi Moshe…

When Death Calls at Night

Victor M. Sweeney

"Gabby” was fittingly named by her grandfather some seven decades ago; she would talk a blue streak…

The Surrogacy Exploitation Crisis

Emma Waters

“It’s horrific, it’s disturbing, it’s damaging emotionally,” said Kayla Elliot, a young woman now fighting for custody…