Elites are building a system to control and constrain Americans’ self-expression and political freedom.

On Britain’s authoritarian turn

Social media have unleashed a culture of instant judging.

A crisis of authority has left the public increasingly willing to believe implausible things.

Looking back at college basketball’s first great scandal, which dethroned the game from its place atop New York sports.

Lexington, Kentucky, builds on its core strengths and smart urban planning to forge a promising future.

A defense of the Division I athletic scholarship

Sportswriters are out of touch with fans.

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.