Netflix's reinvention of Prince Lampedusa’s “The Leopard” turns old Sicily into a cruel hellscape and, thereby, loses the thing that made the original novel great: A nostalgia for the traditional Sicilian society that Italian nationalism crushed.
You Say You Want a Revolution
Even peaceful revolutions impose real harms on real people, and Trump and Vance would do well to acknowledge those harms and ameliorate them.
The Media’s Fake Narrative on Trump’s First 100 Days
There is no reason to trust the narrative from discredited legacy media outlets that Trump is now suddenly less popular. His first 100 days have been a triumph.
Demography’s Great Turn
The demographic prophets of doom warned of rapid population growth just a few decades ago but now bemoan population decline.
Parenting’s Generational Divide
Mothers, and parents in general, face unique challenges today that previous generations did not, and they have less support in facing them. It takes a toll.
Former People Don’t Count
The civilized world seems content to stand by and do nothing as Palestinians are being killed or starved to death by Israel. They are effectively what the Soviets used to call "former people."
Black Robes Matter, But Not More Than the People
The quest for unelected rule from the bench must be stopped.
The Vatican Needs Its Own DOGE
The Church’s poor governance in fiscal and bureaucratic matters is impeding its true Christian mission.
Beyond ‘Due Process’
The obsession the left is now exhibiting with questions of due process in immigration cases is, in fact, a thin veneer covering their naked aggression against the legal tradition that created it.
Rod Dreher Wants to Be MAGA’s Conscience Now
The famous NeverTrumper spent the better part of the last decade decrying Trump and his supporters. Now he pretends to offer friendly advice. It ought to be ignored.
John Wayne and the American Freedom Train
Reprising the American Freedom Train would be a good way to make America’s quarter millennium anniversary a spectacular and unifying event.
Don’t Make Ukraine Another Vietnam
In devising a practical peace, not every question of principle needs to be answered.
Night Train: Pope Francis and Catholic Death
The Catholic experience of death encourages a realistic embrace of its sadness, tragedy, and terror. For only in knowing these can we ever hope to experience God’s true grace.
The Commercial Cultural Revolution Is Upon Us
If you’ve noticed that commercial representation of whites and heterosexual couples has significantly decreased in recent years, at least as compared to their actual numbers in the population, you’re not alone.
How We Can Be True Friends to Citizens of Nations Once Allied, Now Captive
MAGA must maintain America’s longstanding commitment to being a “friend of liberty” even as putting America first may sometimes clash with the short-term interests of allies we hope to see free.
Kilmar’s Deportation is Not a Constitutional Crisis
The open defiance of the Constitution exhibited by sanctuary cities and states makes it difficult to swallow the labeling of irregularities in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation a “constitutional crisis.”
Are You More Human Than a Chatbot?
We need to ask ourselves if the outsourcing of human relationships to chatbots may have something to do with our own inability to be fully human in those relationships.
Leftist Corruption Is Undergoing a Reckoning
A partial list of egregious examples of leftist corruption that have been exposed and punished demonstrates that a reckoning is underway.
Electric Vehicles—The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
A new documentary by Larry Elder explores the true costs of electric vehicles.
Don’t Fall Into the Issue-Legitimacy Trap
The media and the elites they service want to trap Americans into believing that their legitimate concerns are “fringe issues.”
‘Liberation Day’ Illustrated the Peril of Plans
By sticking too rigidly to his plans for implementing tariffs, Trump failed to develop the leverage he needed for those plans to work.
Another Thing Folks Like About the South: Public Education’s Revival
A reform movement, dubbed the Southern Surge, is allowing education reformers to work around political resistance, improving literacy and overhauling failing schools.
The Alarm-Bell City of the West
Why Birmingham, not London, best captures the collapse of Britain and serves as a warning to the rest of the West.
What Happened to the Left That Hated the Deep State?
There once was a time when the critics of the deep state were on the left. Their transformation into its lackeys is as fascinating as it is disturbing.
After Francis, Catholics Need a Populist Pope
Francis was meant to bridge the Catholic Church’s factions in the age of globalism while upholding core teachings. But globalism did not resonate as expected.
Casting Off the Oppression of the Race Hustle
Jason L. Riley dismantles race hustlers in his new book: The Affirmative Action Myth.
No University Is Above the Law
President Trump is right. Stripping tax-exempt status is another way to make universities that don’t want to comply with federal law pay for their violations.
Harvard at the Crossroads
As Harvard rejects the Trump administration’s conditions for maintaining its federal funding, will it—like Hillsdale College—learn to live without it?
JD & JC
The vice president’s now famous remarks in Europe remind us that our civilization depends upon our commitment to the Lord and savior of the world, Jesus Christ.
End U.S. Taxpayer Support for the Higher Education Gravy Train
There is no good reason for hardworking Americans to subsidize institutions that instruct their students to hate them.
Creatively Disabled Authors and the AI Crutch
The decision of the organizers behind National Novel Writing Month to embrace AI has called down a shower of deserved derision.
Shazam! Surprise and Laughter in the Age of Trump
Americans may be excused for having a laugh at today’s headlines, after the last four years of the humorless and oppressive Biden administration.
TDS: See Only Evil, Hear Only Evil, Speak Only Evil
There is a pathological unwillingness to give Trump any credit for his accomplishments, even when the evidence is plain.
Jazz Musicians Should Welcome Trump to the Unwoke Kennedy Center
The freedom embodied in the American jazz tradition is something utterly incompatible with the close-minded diktats of the woke religion.
The Goal of School is Learning, Not Time Spent
Remote work shows us why American schools need to abandon the antiquated notion that time spent equals learning accomplished.
Tariffs Are Essential to a Free People
Tariffs are about much more than just securing the interests of the working class. They’re essential to national security and defense.
Taking on the Globalization Gods Requires Courage
Trump has always been clear that the path to sovereignty, self-reliance, and national purpose would require some amount of sacrifice and uncertainty.
Is Luigi Mangione the Left’s Donald Trump?
The left increasingly channels its emotions away from politics and into street actions and violent fantasies.
The Gender Pay Gap Isn’t Real—But the Social Fallout Is
There has never been a better time to be a woman in Australia, America, Britain, or most parts of Europe, but women have never felt worse about it.
Shed No Tears for Mahmoud Khalil
For people like Mahmoud Khalil, animosity for Israel and Jews is the same thing as hatred for the West. They make no distinctions, and neither should we.
Voodoo Trumponomics
Ironically, by following the world instead of leading it, America may replace the prevailing free trade orthodoxy and spur an industrial renaissance.
Trump’s Life’s Work Culminates in Confronting Communist China
Trump has not just been outspoken on the issue of trade with China—he has been proven correct.
Tall Tales and the End of #MeToo
Trauma Plot, a new book by transgender writer Jamie Hood, laments the end of #MeToo but appears to have a real problem with the truth.
The Left Discovers Milton Friedman
Leftists now quoting Friedman on tariffs should remember the Nobel Prize-winning economist had opinions about other things.
Trump Wins Big on Tariffs
Trump continues to score big wins for America and confound his critics on the many uses of tariffs in negotiations with foreign powers.
On Democratic Party Violence
The Democratic Party of this decade has been as steeped in violent action as the Nazis and Communists were during the waning days of the Weimar Republic.
How Lawmen Learned to Love 287(g)
Trump’s threat of withholding federal funding to communities with anti-borders policies is making law enforcement in blue states come to love this ICE program.