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