Public Life
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Sportsmanship and the Season of Our Discontents
In early October, a dinner conversation with an old friend turned to why we both find the…
Rome and Immigration
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…
False Patriots
November 5, 2024, was one of the most joyous days of my life. Like 77,302,580 of my…
End the Shutdown, Protect Life, and Make Healthcare Affordable
At the heart of American civil society lies the moral obligation to protect human dignity and the…
Heritage and the Right
The editors discuss the troubles at Heritage, the conservative think tank whose president recently touched off a…
Christian Persecution in Nigeria
The escalating wave of systematic attacks on Christians has gripped Nigeria in recent years. On October 31,…
The Mediocrity of AI
Will AI evolve and supersede human intelligence, ushering in the tyranny of machines? Is the economy careering…
How Zohran Mamdani Won New York
After the strangest mayoral election in New York City’s modern history, Zohran Mamdani—a thirty-four-year-old democratic socialist who…
On Converting Your Spouse
At a recent Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi, JD Vance remarked that he…
Wistful Agnostics and True Believers
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
I was teaching an undergraduate colloquium on critical theory at the University of Notre Dame when the…
Illinois Chooses Death
At 2:55 a.m. on the morning of Halloween, the Illinois Senate cast a final vote on a…
Newman and the New Ultramontanism
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
In an era when disagreement often feels synonymous with disdain, the life and career of Rabbi Moshe…
