Public Life
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Prisoners of Our Own Devices
To Arrive Where We Started:Belonging in the Modern World by ian marcus corbinyale university press, 200 pages, $32.50…
Lena Dunham Sticks the Landing
Famesick:A Memoirby lena dunhamrandom house, 416 pages, $32 If offered the choice, how many of us would…
The Jew from Nowhere
In this episode, J. J. Kimche joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about…
Remembering Robert Wilken
Robert Louis Wilken—radical Christian disciple, devoted husband and father, distinguished patristics scholar, elegant writer, serious baseball guy—died…
The Invisible Hand of Faith
In 2026, three anniversaries coincide that together illuminate the enduring significance of religious liberty. Apart from marking…
By What Authority
In the fall of 1992, a Yale freshman named Jared Waxman wrote a letter to the editor…
The Priests of High Art
Novelists, playwrights, and historians, Edmond and Jules de Goncourt (1822–1896 and 1830–1870) were also the supreme chroniclers…
How to Destroy Your Country’s Future
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Bella d’Abrera joins…
The Once and Future France
In this episode, Nathan Pinkoski joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his…
Where America Is
The United States of America dates her birth in accord with a foundational document, the Declaration of…
Birthright Citizenship Is Living on Borrowed Time
The Trump v. Barbara decision concerning birthright citizenship did not surprise me. Mass migration is the most…
No Faith Worth Defending
Buckingham Palace has updated the official description of the monarch’s role vis-à-vis the Church of England. No…
Keeping a Republic: A 250th Birthday Meditation
As we mark the national semiquincentennial on July 4, we might well reflect on Benjamin Franklin’s answer…
The Wound That Does Not Heal
In Genesis 32:23–33, Jacob wrestles through the night with a figure Scripture describes as both man and…
Sexual Ethics Is a Social Justice Issue
Pope Leo XIV recently stated that “We tend to think that when the church is talking about…
