Publications

The Summer Reading List: 2026

George Weigel

A 2025 YouGov poll revealed some interesting factoids about Americans’ reading habits — or lack thereof. Forty percent of us…

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National Catholic Register / July 29, 2026

El-Sayed has the edge as Michigan’s Senate primary nears

Henry Olsen

A big part of the fun of following politics (yes, I promise, it can be fun!) is the prognosticating, so…

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The Washington Post / July 29, 2026

Morawiecki’s expulsion opens the door to a broader Polish right

Henry Olsen

Poland’s populist conservatives continue to politically splinter, as Law and Justice (PiS) head Jarosław Kaczyński moves to expel party dissidents…

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Brussels Signal / July 29, 2026

The Sun Also Rises at 100

Algis Valiunas

The Hemingway style—terse, direct, formidable, in both prose and personal deportment—dominated American literature and the native ideal of manliness for…

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First Things / July 28, 2026

People Who Thrust Men Into Girls’ Showers Should Never Babysit Your Kids

Nathanael Blake

Talk about the nanny state. Marxist Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to play babysitter to the children of New York City. He announced…

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The Federalist / July 27, 2026

Strange Opposition to a Second Circuit Nominee

Michael Fragoso

Lost in the Blanche drama, the Senate on Tuesday confirmed Donald Trump’s latest nominee for the Second Circuit, Matt Schwartz….

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National Review / July 23, 2026

Blanche, Trump, and Mifepristone

Michael Fragoso

The letter to Todd Blanche from Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis on the Louisiana mifepristone litigation was counterproductive. It’s worth taking stock…

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National Review / July 23, 2026

Kids These Days

Stephen P. White

I’m old enough now to be the sort of person who will occasionally observe, in all apparent earnestness, that being…

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The Catholic Thing / July 23, 2026

Blanche, Cornyn, Tillis, and Mifepristone

Michael Fragoso

Mifepristone kills children and should, ideally, be banned. I have no doubt that the various FDA rulemakings to which it…

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National Review / July 23, 2026

Democrats are hoping for a Nebraska or Montana Senate surprise

Henry Olsen

Could Democratic control of the Senate be secured by two candidates without a “D” after their names? High-profile independent candidacies…

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The Washington Post / July 22, 2026

Ukraine and the Limits of Dialogue

George Weigel

For months now, I have been receiving alarming, early-morning text messages from Major-Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halyč, leader of the…

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National Catholic Register / July 22, 2026

Lindsey Graham and Judicial Nominations

Michael Fragoso

The news early Sunday morning that Senator Lindsey Graham passed away was shocking. He was an institution in the Senate…

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National Review / July 21, 2026