A century-long project of transforming institutions of American higher education into credentialing factories for the administrative state is about to be upended by artificial intelligence.
Year: 2026
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Conservatives: Know Your Burnham
James Burnham's theory of managerialism is a foundation that conservatives should build upon while also repairing any cracks in that foundation.
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Historical ‘Truth,’ Philadelphia Style
A controversy between the Trump administration and activists in Philadelphia over how to understand America’s past is set to come to a head next week before a circuit court panel.
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Time to Slay the Slop Machine
In the doom loop of our pop culture’s slop machine, we must rise up and reclaim our humanity by rooting ourselves in things that are real and lasting.
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Tax-Raising Democrats Could Learn a Cautionary Tale from the UK
Punishing tax burdens on the ultra-rich usually end up punishing those who enact them more than their targets.
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Voter Fraud in California Gets Some Baby Love
“Free” diapers pamper California’s imported electorate and other exciting tales of voter fraud.
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Grocery Stories, Conservatives, and the Working Class
A new book on the labor practices of grocery stores diagnoses problems in America’s service sector but misses the mark in recommending solutions.
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Pope Leo Needs Trump to Take on A.I.
Instead of going out of his way to offend the Church’s natural allies in the fight for sensible AI regulation, Pope Leo ought to learn to speak their language.
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Thomas Massie Is Not the Same as Bill Cassidy
The downfall of Thomas Massie, though perhaps understandable, is not something for the right to celebrate in the same way as Bill Cassidy’s defeat.
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Remembering Rev. James Robison
A lion of the Christian right and a good shepherd to the poor has passed, leaving behind a legacy of service to his country and to God.
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Warsh Tasked To Make Fed Sterling Again
A sterling reputation is not bestowed by credential, office, or institutional memory but through rigorous testing according to objective standards.
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Do Conservatives Want Robed Philosopher Kings?
Conventional thinking on the right today embraces the Warren Court’s radical shift toward judicial supremacy, forgetting the arguments advanced by conservatives of that era as well as by the founders.
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The GOP Is Better Off Without Massie
Grandstanding but neutered populists like Massie, for whom politics is at best an entertaining game, cannot deliver because they do not understand what is needed in our time.
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The False Ghosts of the Confederacy
The pull of the Old South in the New South is neither as strong as the left fears nor as ingrained as some old-timers wish.
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Florida Must Remain Vigilant in Round Two of Its Battle Against Woke Academia
After successfully putting an end to the advancement of one woke academic as president of the University of Florida, the state is about to be saddled with another.
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The Untold Story of Larry Bird
A new book about the basketball great gives readers an up-close look at an untold story and a now forgotten world of college sports.
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If You Cheated to Become American, You Were Never American
Regular and consistent enforcement of denaturalization, a long-standing part of our immigration system, is long overdue.
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Trump Is Correct About Shift in European Force Posture
It is long past time for the United States to shift the burden of European security to Europeans.
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Democrats Face Midterm Disappointment
The Republican Party is in better shape for the midterms than many suppose.
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Agents Double-O-PRC
A California mayor is discovered to be an agent of the People’s Republic of China. But voters there are justified in wondering how that distinguishes her from many other California
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Mamdani’s ‘Warmth of Collectivism’ Is Burning New Yorkers
New York’s new mayor rides a wave of media-generated spin, but New Yorkers are noticing the facts on the ground point to a troubled and dangerous administration.
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John Roberts, Birthright Citizenship, and Our Constitutional Straitjacket
The “originalism” of the sort promoted by Chief Justice John Roberts would make a straitjacket of the Constitution and deprive Americans of the ability to govern themselves.
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Russia Diminished?
Those who view Russia’s apparent drawdown in its war with Ukraine as a sign of weakness and a signal that there is no longer any danger in provoking the bear betray their ignorance of history.
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The Case for All-Girls’ Catholic Schools
A compelling new book about the virtues of all-girls’ Catholic schools gets much right but cannot resist the impulse to fly the feminist flag and ignore or dump on men.
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It Is Time to End Qatar’s Role in American Higher Education
Qatar’s investments in American colleges and universities raise questions about the costs to education and freedom of speech such funding implies.
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Orbán, Domestic Enemies, and the End of Postliberalism
Establishment conservatives delighting in the loss of Viktor Orbán in Hungary and, they imagine the “postliberals” with him, have forgotten the legacy of their own heroes.
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Virginia Democrats Reveal a Radical Design
Democrats oppose the principles of republican government that limit their short-term majorities from exercising absolute power.
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Ted Turner: Of Two Minds and Two Worlds
The American media mogul known as “The Mouth of South” has died, leaving behind a mixed legacy and a cautionary tale.
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Finding ‘Placedness’ in the Dirt of Our Own Backyards
There is nothing like tending the earth in your own backyard to inspire one to plant roots and bloom.
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The Left Doesn’t Want an Alliance With the Right
Dimwitted right-wingers seeking an alliance with the left because they are angry with Trump will discover how little they get and how much it costs.
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The Elites, the Popular Classes, and ‘The Bad News Bears’
The American classic that walked a generation through the cultural chaos of the 1970s turns 50 this year.
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Trump Should Strike Back as Vatican Escalates Its War Against Him
God may be using Caesar to correct the sinful heir to St. Peter.
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California’s Election Fraudyssey
In California, voter fraud is institutionalized, and measures that qualify for the ballot don’t always stay on the ballot.
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How Globalists Manipulated Hungary’s Election, and Plan to Crush Europe’s Conservative Nationalists
The EU’s censorship regime, with an assist from U.S. affiliated agencies claiming to “promote democracy,” has put electoral victory out of reach for Europe’s conservative nationalist movements.
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Magazine Worships Trans Representative as ‘Full of Grace’
Washingtonian magazine’s profile of Sarah McBride is an in-your-face assault on common sense and decency—though par for the course in today’s journalism.
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Hochul’s Folly: Sanctuary Politics Over Public Safety
A radical new proposal in New York is about to make the state even more unattractive and unsafe than it already is.
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Filibustering the Republic
Through the filibuster, the two parties have created conditions where it appears neither side ever gets what it wants. But make no mistake: Both are getting what they need.
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The Silenced Generation
An American-style social credit system of pervasive technology combining with woke ideology to enforce submission is rampant on campus.
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The Supreme Court Strikes a Blow Against Racial Gerrymandering
The Court has affirmed the idea that the law guarantees equal rights for citizens—not equal outcomes for racial groups.
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Victor Riesel’s Trial By Acid
The labor union insider and columnist who was the victim of an acid attack at the behest of New York gangsters deserves a serious retelling of his story.
Issue
May 2026 Chronicles
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Why Chronicles Matters
Chronicles CEO and Publisher Eric Teetsel remarks on the legacy and enduring relevance of Chronicles upon the publication's 50th anniversary.
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The Indispensable Magazine
Chronicles Editor in Chief Paul Gottfried remarks on 50 years of Chronicles.
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America’s Media Is Enemy-Occupied Territory
An unrestrained, socially subversive left has taken over our entertainment and popular culture. The media’s hostility to normal Americans is apparent.
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Media Bias in the Age of Trump
While activist reporting has undermined the left-wing media’s credibility, Big Tech seeks to save the left via biased story aggregation.
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Remembering Andrew Breitbart
Andrew Breitbart was a patriot who set out to destroy the anti-American Democrat Media Complex by empowering citizen journalists.
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What We Are Reading: May 2026
Short reviews of 'The Heir Apparent' by Jane Ridley, and 'The Chouans' by Honoré de Balzac.
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How Charles Murray Found God
In 'Taking Religion Seriously, Charles Murray leads the reader along his fascinating, intellectual journey toward God.