The core dispute between the Catholic hierarchy and President Trump is, and always was, about immigration.
A Film That Reminds Us Who We Are
In this troubled 250th year of our republic, A Great Awakening is the film we need.
No, Viktor Orbán’s Defeat Is Not a Defeat for National Conservatism
Although Hungary ousted its pioneering national conservative leader after his long incumbency, the movement he started is far from finished.
Lessons From Orbán’s Loss in Hungary
The U.S. should have encouraged broader engagement with European allies like Viktor Orbán to prevent the ascendancy of the leftist European Union.
Persian Games
A permanent peace in the Middle East is unlikely, no matter how effectively Iran’s military potential has been degraded over the past six weeks.
Women’s Basketball Will Never Be Popular—and Doesn’t Deserve to be Well-Paid
NPR celebrated a new minimum salary of $270,000 per year for WNBA players as merely a “livable wage,” even though the average U.S. salary is less than $65,000.
Pope vs. President Is a Fight Everyone Loses
When a pope and a president work together for peace, without compromising with evil, they can achieve what’s otherwise impossible.
Florida Shows the Way on Confronting an Out-of-Control Judiciary
Florida is making the case for Republicans to find the courage to impeach judges whose rulings are clear violations of justice and prudence.
An Ode to the Coffee of Old
You don’t need newfangled roasts or baristas to pour yourself a cup of the old reliable social lubricant and get a jolt of caffeinated creativity.
Classic ‘Rolling Stone’ and the Cowardice of Today’s Media
There are lessons for today’s journalists to be found in the collapse of one of America’s leading cultural magazines.
An Adolescent Attack on College Republicans
While it’s true that College Republican leaders need to refine their rhetoric when they take on the neocon establishment, the attacks on them by disingenuous critics exhibit even more jejune hysterics.
Fenway Park Video Shows the America We Lost
The video exposed the unmistakable decline that unfettered immigration unleashed on our nation.
Canada Opens the Floodgates to Woke Americans
Encouraging dissatisfied, woke Americans to move to Canada is a win for everyone.
Virginia: A New Extreme in Gerrymandering
Democrats’ campaign for the amendment giving them 10 of Virginia’s 11 congressional districts has been a master class in deceit and manipulation.
Democrats Prefer Replacements to American Lives
The interests of the Democratic Party are squarely aligned with the illegal foreign elements seeking to come to America in exchange for keeping Democrats in power—no matter the cost to citizens.
Understanding Mercy in the Trump Era
Just as God’s mercy draws us deeper into His divine nature, pardon has the power to make its givers and receivers more fully human.
Eagle Pass Is Not Ellis Island
It is madness for the Court to evaluate the constitutionality of prudence-based immigration policy in light of the circumstances that prevailed in the 19th century.
Cesar Chavez Is Not the Only ’60s Leftist Sex Criminal
The line between hero and criminal on the left often depends more on which part of the coalition a particular person serves than it does on that person’s conduct.
‘Culture Care’ on the Edges
A new book presents a healthy picture of what makes for a thriving, generative, and life-affirming culture, but it misses the mark in directing that advice to only one side of the divide.
A Letter from the Publisher
Chronicles, once crying in the wilderness, has reemerged as a prophet whose time has come.
Insurrections, Then and Now
It's important to realize that the repeated episodes of violent protest in the U.S. are part of a deliberate strategy by the left to seize national power. Unless stopped, they may get away with it.
Citizenship Means Something
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
Denaturalization is a time-honored American tradition worth reviving—especially now!
Remembering William Blackstone
America's founders turned to Blackstone for definitions and elaboration of the protections to person and property they claimed against King George III.
What We Are Reading: April 2026
Short reviews of ‘The Secret Agent' by Joseph Conrad, and 'The Itching Palm’ by William R. Scott.
Frank the Fusioneer
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
"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
In Breakneck, Dan Wang explains how the 'engineer mind' moves quickly in building the dystopian hellscape that is China.
Books in Brief: April 2026
Short reviews of ‘From Calvinist to Catholic' by Peter Kreeft, and 'Reshore’ by Spencer Morrison.
Grimdark Gets A Heart
George R. R. Martin's 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' brings back many of the admirable attributes of old-school fantasy fiction.
Post-Menopausal Radicalism
Post-menopausal feminism wreaks havoc on society and will escalate for several reasons.
Rupert Lowe’s Quiet Revolution Within the British Right
Rupert Lowe leads the revolution against the Tory-Labour-Reform uniparty.
It’s a Shame We Can’t Trust Our Elders
The New Right views the old neoconservative establishment as a disinterested father who cannot be trusted.
John Russell: From Guadalcanal to Hollywood
Beta-males have not always run Tinseltown. Red-blooded warriors once dominated film and TV sets.
Finding Victory in Iran and a Swift End to the War
President Trump must define victory in Iran and deliver it quickly.
Woke Iran
Much of Iran’s hatred for the West is driven by the same woke ideology that motivates the woke left in our own country.
The 14th Amendment Is Not a Suicide Pact
Birthright citizenship is not what the framers of the 14th Amendment envisioned. It is time to scrap it!
No Books, No Knowledge
As we lose the written word, we lose something even more valuable. We are becoming less literate and dumber!
Baseball, Malthus, and Time Travel
A new novel about the Cleveland Indians takes some strange time-traveling and ideological tangents that long-suffering Cleveland fans may consider par for the course.
Florida Conservatives’ Powerful Lessons for America
In Florida, local and state officials who flout federal and state law are held to account.
When Birthright Citizenship Goes Wrong
Birthright citizenship, as liberals understand it—and as they hope the Supreme Court will uphold it—leads to absurdities, and worse.
The Woke Leftist-Islamic Identity Coalition Destroying the West
The contradictory push by woke globalists for more accommodation of Islam is no accident. It is intentional and meant to humiliate and upend Western civilization.
Escaping the Woke Jungle, ‘National Geographic’ Reclaims Its Legacy
For several decades, the once-great American institution had lost its way, but recent efforts may indicate a return to its former greatness.
Free Speech Wins Against the Orwellian Biden Administration
The consent decree bringing the Supreme Court case Missouri v. Biden to a close is a powerful, albeit mostly symbolic, reaffirmation of the limits of the federal government’s power to police speech.
Lisa’s Latest Leftist Bootlick
The senator from Alaska has a history of being the media’s favorite Republican, precisely because she really isn’t one.
Election Day Has Its Day in Court
A nation that cannot say when its elections are over cannot speak with a single voice, confer legitimacy with confidence, or command the quiet acceptance that sustains republican government.
Insufficiently Communist? There’s a Medical Fix for That!
Researchers unbound by ethical constraints and committed to ideological progressivism continue to pose a threat to freedom.
Don’t Take Advice From Arthur C. Brooks
The one-time conservative policy wonk is now a richly rewarded self-help guru, hanging out with Oprah and missing the point.