Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry writes about religion, culture, politics, economics, business and technology. He is a columnist at The Week, a contributor at Forbes, a blogger at the Patheos Catholic portal and a business and economics columnist at the French news website Atlantico.
His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, First Things, Commentary, The Atlantic, Quartz, The Daily Beast, Le Figaro, The American Interest, The American Scene and even Fashionista.
Previously, he co-created the technology analysis service BI Intelligence and worked as a freelance financial analyst covering technology.
He holds an MSc in management from HEC Paris and lives in Paris with his beloved wife and daughter.
PUBLICATIONS
France’s Ban On Hate Speech Goes Too Far
Published in Bloomberg View on March 27, 2018
‘Secular’ Is a French Word for ‘Anti-Muslim’
Published in Bloomberg View on February 23, 2018
What Foreigners Don’t Get About Emmanuel Macron
Published in The Atlantic on January 19, 2018
The Catholic Church Used to be Like Silicon Valley. Can it be Again?
Published in America Magazine on December 13, 2017
In Medicine, the Science Has Stopped Working
Published in National Review Online on November 15, 2017
Nobody Knows What to Do about Health Care
Published in National Review Online on November 8, 2017
In Defense of ‘Thoughts and Prayers’
Published in The Week on November 7, 2017
We’re Too Afraid to Die
Published in National Review Online on November 2, 2017
The Most Wasteful Health Spending Is Also the Most Popular
Published in National Review Online on October 25, 2017
Half of All Health Spending Is Wasted
Published in National Review Online on October 24, 2017
Why America is Coming Apart at the Seams
Published in The Week on October 16, 2017
The Poor Will Be Worse Off
Published in National Review Online on October 11, 2017
There Is No Such Thing as ‘Health Care’
Published in National Review Online on October 4, 2017
America’s Francification: La Fin
Published in National Review Online on September 27, 2017
Do Our Fights Over Pope Francis Have to be This Dumb?
Published in America Magazine on September 25, 2017
Washington Wealth and the American Desert? Not Yet, But It’s on the Horizon
Published in National Review Online on September 21, 2017
I am Catholic—and I Don’t Know What I’m Supposed to Believe About Immigration
Published in America Magazine on September 12, 2017
America’s New Normal Is France’s Old Normal
Published in National Review Online on September 14, 2017
The Peculiar Conservatism of the Lonely American
Published in National Review Online on August 30, 2017
America’s Francification, Part Trois: Secularism
Published in National Review Online on August 24, 2017
America’s Francification, Part Deux
Published in National Review Online on August 17, 2017
The Francification of America: The American Le Pen and the French-style Realignment
Published in National Review Online on August 10, 2017
The Perils of Reflexively Politicizing Tragedy
Published in The Week on June 16, 2017
Stop Freaking Out about the Paris Agreement
Published in The Week on June 1, 2017
For French Catholics, the Political Future has More Questions than Answers
Published in America Magazine on May 11, 2017
France’s New Political Divide
Published in The Week on April 24, 2017
Zombie Catholics vs. French Secularism
Published in America on April 7, 2017
Inside the Conservative Identity Crisis
Published in The Week on March 23, 2017
The Bald-Faced Hypocrisy of Progressives’ Refusal to Reform Medicaid
Published in The Week on March 9, 2017
An Alternative to Increasing the Minimum Wage
Published in National Review Online on February 16, 2017
Trump’s Francification of America
Published in The Week on February 13, 2017
This New Study Shows how Important it is for Kids to have Married Parents
Published in The Week on February 7, 2017
Where Do Our Morals Come From?
Published in The Week on January 26, 2017
Be Skeptical of the New Dossier on Trump’s Ties to Russia
Published in The Week on January 11, 2017
The Health-Care Villains Nobody Wants to Talk About
Published in National Review Online on January 11, 2017
The 115th Congress Should Get to Work Restraining the Powers of the Presidency
Published in National Review Online on January 4, 2017
Eight Priorities for Any Republican Plan to Replace Obamacare
Published in National Review Online on December 14, 2016
How Francois Fillon Scrambled the French Election
Published in The Week on November 29, 2016
Why President Trump Could be a Blessing for Congress
Published in The Week on November 16, 2016
Pope Francis’s Deal With China is a Disaster
Published in The Week on November 3, 2016
Bob Dylan’s Biblical Imagination
Published in The Week on October 14, 2016
Vladimir Putin is Trying to Take Down Liberal Democracy — and He Might be Winning
Published in The Week on September 14, 2016
Mother Teresa Sometimes Didn’t Believe in God. That Makes Her an Example of Faith.
Published in The Week on September 7, 2016
The Boomers Have an Unrelenting Death Grip on America
Published in The Week on August 2, 2016
Why Conservatives Failed to Stop Donald Trump
Published in The Week on July 19, 2016
Why Leaving the EU is the Right Decision for the UK
Published in The Week on June 24, 2016
Elon Musk’s Artificial Intelligence
Published in The Week on June 7, 2016
Robert Dear and the Unheralded Vindication of the Pro-Life Movement
Published in The Week on May 13, 2016
Big Science is Broken
Published in The Week on April 18, 2016
It’s Time for Conservatives to Rally Around Ted Cruz
Published in The Week on April 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s Litany of Scandal
Published in The Week on March 31, 2016
The Biggest Problem with U.S. Foreign Policy? Obama’s Own Preening Self-Regard.
Published in The Week on March 14, 2016
Antonin Scalia’s Legacy: Extraordinary Writing, and Upholding the Rule of Law
Published in The Week on February 13, 2016
A ‘Brexit’ Wouldn’t be the Economic Calamity You’ve been Warned About
Published in The Week on February 3, 2016
Morality is a Muscle. Get to the Gym.
Published in The Week on January 18, 2016
Why the Paris Climate Deal is a Total Sham
Published in The Week on December 15, 2015
Progressives’ Deplorable Reaction to the Planned Parenthood Shooting
Published in The Week on December 1, 2015
Why Pope Francis’ Year of Mercy is so Important
Published in The Week on December 2, 2015
Obama’s Foreign Policy Fecklessness
Published in The Week on November 30, 2015
How to Tell Your Children About a Terrorist Attack
Published in The Week on November 16, 2015
The Errors of the Militant Atheist
Published in National Review Online on November 6, 2015
CNBC Failed American Voters. Here’s How Future Debate Moderators Can Do Better.
Published in The Week on October 30, 2015
Could Pope Francis Break Apart the Catholic Church?
Published in The Week on October 21, 2015
How Russia Outplayed America in the Middle East’s Great Game
Published in The Week on October 5, 2015
Why Even Pro-Choice Americans Should be Upset with Planned Parenthood
Published in The Week on July 23, 2015
5 Things About Pope Francis’ Encyclical on the Environment the Media Probably Won’t Tell You
Published in The Week on June 19, 2015
Why Christians Are So Upset About Same-Sex Marriage
Published in The Week on June 8, 2015
Pro-Family Policies Aren’t ‘Social Engineering,’ They’re Conservative
Published in National Review Online on June 8, 2015
Why Religion Will Dominate the 21st Century
Published in The Week on May 18, 2015
The French Counter-Revolution
Published in Catholic Herald (UK) on May 14, 2015
How Conservatives Can Win the Debate on Early Childhood Education
Published in The Week on May 12, 2015
Why Conservatives Need an Anti-Poverty Agenda
Published in The Week on April 28, 2015
How Christianity Invented Children
Published in The Week on April 23, 2015
Probing the Heart of French Malaise
Published in New York Times on April 14, 2015
Apartment Hunting in Paris Reminds Me Why I’m a Conservative
Published in The Week on April 14, 2015