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Civics Is a Discipline

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Jenna Silber Storey joins…

Hearing Hungary Out

R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Gladden Pappin to talk about the state of Hungary in…

While We’re At It

R. R. Reno

♦ Writing about Richard Weaver this month brought me back to his delightful autobiographical essay, “Up From Liberalism.”…

Desecration

R. R. Reno

On February 15, a large crowd gathered for the funeral of Cecilia Gentili, a former male prostitute…

War in Ukraine

R. R. Reno

Count me among those who harbor growing concerns about the ongoing war in Ukraine. Don’t get me…

Nominalism

R. R. Reno

Is everything Ockham’s fault? In the introduction to his postwar cri de cœur, Ideas Have Consequences, Richard Weaver…

Rediscovering Our Everyday Freedom

Jonathan Leaf

Everyday Freedom:Designing the Framework for a Flourishing Societyby philip k. howard rodin books, 128 pages, $18.95 Donald Trump’s…

Donald Trump, Again

R. R. Reno

The Biden strategy is succeeding. Democratic operatives, local prosecutors, lawfare activists, and the Biden White House have…

Queering Foreign Policy

R. R. Reno

As I note above, the Rainbow Reich enjoys the loyalty of elites across the West. But it…

A City Isn’t a City Without the Church

Peter J. Leithart

God and the City:An Essay in Political Metaphysicsby d. c. schindlerrnst. augustine’s press, 215 pages, $20 D.…

While We’re At It

R. R. Reno

♦ A favorite collect (liturgical prayer) from my Anglican days is said on the Second Sunday of Advent:…

Nihilistic Idealism

R. R. Reno

As the postmodern outlook gathers itself for action—“making a better future”—Rorty’s cheerful, idealistic nihilism turns into something…

Our Christian Nation

Josh Hawley

Christopher Dawson was an English historian in the middle of the last century, one of those intellectuals…

While We’re At It

R. R. Reno

♦ Tyler Austin Harper is a young comp-lit professor at Bates College, and (no surprise) a leftist. Here’s…

The Post-Democratic Future

R. R. Reno

A significant decline in fertility among the native-born combined with mass migration transforms a society. The green…