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Now Is the Time to Fix Immigration

Michael A. Scaperlanda

With the border secure, the time is ripe for comprehensive immigration reform for the first time in…

Bearing the Largest Cross in the World

Kristen Ziccarelli

In recent months, Spain has become an epicenter in the battle over Europe’s diminishing Christian identity. At…

Who’s Afraid of Scott Yenor?

Rachel Bovard

Henry Olsen’s essay last week—“Does Heritage Support Discrimination Against Women?”—may be the worst Atlantic disaster since the…

Trump’s NSS Is a Reality Check

R. R. Reno

Last week, the White House released a new National Security Strategy (NSS). It’s an annual ritual mandated…

How Globalization Led to Tribalism

Nathan Pinkoski

The recent attack by an Afghan national on two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., was not an…

The Antidote to Right-Wing Resentment

Alex Petkas

Nietzsche, in his Genealogy of Morals, is prescient once again: “In case [the psychologists] might for once…

What Does Gen Z Want? (ft. Sohrab Ahmari)

Mark Bauerlein

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

Illinois Coroners Push Back on Assisted Suicide Bill

Mary Kate Zander

Illinois state coroners recently gathered to discuss the proposed physician-assisted suicide bill that awaits a signature on…

The Death of Daniel Kahneman

J. Mark Mutz

Daniel Kahneman was a Nobel laureate in economics, the author of the international bestseller Thinking, Fast and…

Books for Christmas—2025

George Weigel

Surveys indicate that reading books is dropping precipitously across all age groups. This is a tragedy in…

Nick Fuentes and Richard Hanania’s Paganism

Bethel McGrew

The popularity of Nick Fuentes is in its way a fulfillment of Ross Douthat’s much-quoted ominous prophecy…

Christian Ownership Maximalism

Timothy Reichert

Christendom is gone. So, too, is much of the Western civilization that was built atop it. Christians…

How Suburbia Reshaped American Catholic Life

Stephen G. Adubato

n the third grade, my teacher asked if we knew the difference between Democrats and Republicans. I…

What Is Leo XIV’s Educational Vision?

Kyle Washut

"The world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste…

Abandonment of Truth (ft. George Weigel)

Mark Bauerlein

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