John Joseph Hughes, New York’s first archbishop, was the catalyst for the cultural change that liberated the city’s Irish from their underclass behavior.

The literary glamorization of midlife divorce conveniently skips over the crucial role of marriage in human flourishing.

The financial bust reminds us that free markets require a constellation of moral virtues.

Shakespeare’s tragedy elucidates the paradoxes of human existence.

With the pending nuclear deal, Obama courts dishonor—and possibly war.

Legalizing weed has provided fewer benefits and more hazards than supporters promised. Time for a rethink.

Law enforcement has major hurdles to clear before it can restore the policies that led to the Great Crime Decline.

Rotherham’s child sexual assaults remain shocking—but far from unique.

Will the AI revolution warm us or burn us?

America’s southern neighbor confronts metastasizing violence and institutional corruption that threaten its future.

After the Reagan Airport disaster, will we finally reform the FAA?

Linguistically inventive, socially prescient, and philosophically profound, A Clockwork Orange comes close to being a work of genius.

The Father of his Country’s vision for the American Founding

Only a free America could have fought for global freedom.

Phoenix Diarist

The French writer’s novels have foretold coming catastrophes with uncanny prescience—and his ambivalence toward modernity has much to teach us.