April 2026 Chronicles

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Citizenship Means Something

By Wade Miller

Inset of a vintage 1940s patriotic print about the pledge of allegiance, created by artists J. R. Rosen and A. E. Hilton, which was widely produced in the United States to promote unity, citizenship, and national identity during World War II.

The Founding Fathers never intended to grant citizenship to foreigners who happened to be born on America’s shores. Citizenship, properly understood, means sole allegiance to the United States.

 

The Vow That Binds

By Nathan Pinkoski

Denaturalization is a time-honored American tradition worth reviving—especially now!

 

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Editorials

 

A Letter from the Publisher

By Eric Teetsel

Image in the public domain, from pickpik.com

Chronicles, once crying in the wilderness, has reemerged as a prophet whose time has come. 

 

Insurrections, Then and Now

By Paul Gottfried

Protesters hold up a “Stop ICE” sign after being removed from a government building by Seattle Police. (Lindsey Wasson / Associated Press).

The GOP needs to do a lot more than invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota if it hopes to survive the midterms.

 

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Remembering the Right

 

Remembering William Blackstone

By Stephen B. Presser

A portrait of Sir William Blackstone, painted in 1774 by Thomas Gainsborough (Tate National Gallery, London)

America's founders turned to Blackstone for definitions and elaboration of the protections to person and property they claimed against King George III.

 

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Reviews

 

What We Are Reading: April 2026

By Alexander Riley and Derek Turner

Short reviews of ‘The Secret Agent' by Joseph Conrad, and 'The Itching Palm’ by Michael R. Scott.

 

Frank the Fusioneer

By Christopher Owen

Frank S. Meyer at Communist Conspiracy trial, New York, April 13, 1949 (image from Levan Ramishvili, in the Public Domain, via flickr)

Daniel J. Flynn argues that Frank Meyer brought a lot more to the conservative table than musings about "fusionism." Meyer built the movement's infrastructure.

 

Best of Frenemies

By Alan J. Levine

Yalta Conference 1945: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin. (image from UK National Archives, in the Public Domain, via picryl)

"Allies at War" explores the fraught relationships between the U.S., Russia, Britain, and France during World War II.

 

The People's Republic of Termite World

By Alexander Riley

Technology Factory Zhuhai China (image from: Chris from Shenzhen, China, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

In Breakneck, Dan Wang explains how the 'engineer mind' moves quickly in building the dystopian hellscape that is China.

 

Book in Brief: April 2026

By Mark G. Brennan and Edward Welsch

Short reviews of ‘From Calvinist to Catholic' by Peter Kreeft, and 'Reshore’ by Spencer Morrison.

 

Grimdark Gets A Heart

By John Ehrett

Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan ‘Dunk’ the Tall in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. (Warner Bros. Discovery)

George R. R. Martin's 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' brings back many of the admirable attributes of old-school fantasy fiction.

 

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Society & Culture

 

Post-Menopausal Radicalism

By Carl F. Horowitz

(left to right) Rep. Ilhan Omar, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Gov. Abigail Spanberger, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and Gov. Maura Healey.

Post-menopausal feminism wreaks havoc on society and will escalate for several reasons.

 

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Columns

 

Rupert Lowe's Quiet Revolution Within the British Right

By Neema Parvini

Rupert Lowe speaking (Image generated via ChatGPT)

Rupert Lowe leads the revolution against the Tory-Labour-Reform uniparty.

 

It's a Shame We Can't Trust Our Elders

By Bradley Haley

Bill Kristol (image from: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

The New Right views the old neoconservative establishment as a disinterested father who cannot be trusted.

 

The 14th Amendment Is Not a Suicide Pact

By Mark G. Brennan

Immigrants getting escorted onto a ship by law enforcement (via ChatGPT)

Birthright citizenship is not what the framers of the 14th Amendment envisioned. It is time to scrap it!

 

No Books, No Knowledge

By John Derbyshire

The Paleocon bundle, available at Passage Publishing (image from Passage Press)

As we lose the written word, we lose something even more valuable. We are becoming less literate and dumber!

 

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Sins of Omission

 

John Russell: From Guadalcanal to Hollywood

By Roger D. McGrath

John Russell in Pale Rider. (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Beta-males have not always run Tinseltown. Red-blooded warriors once dominated film and TV sets.

 

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The American Interest

 

Finding Victory in Iran and a Swift End to the War

By Srdja Trifkovic

Iran in crosshairs (image via ChatGPT)

President Trump must define victory in Iran and deliver it quickly.

 

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