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EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel offers some recommendations for your canicular reading pleasure. Read More

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It would appear our vulnerabilities as a people are laid most bare in the tales we tell about murder, and the evolution of our best-drawn fictional murderers may have much to tell us about the direction in which American life is headed. Read More

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A country without heroes becomes either savage or monstrously petty, and dull and mean. Read More

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Too often, those who claim to speak for beleaguered minorities are actually condescending to them. Read More

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Thanks to click-bait bloggers and incontinent tweeters, some serious damage is currently being done to authentic Catholic social doctrine, which some misidentify with a new authoritarianism and others warp by bending to the progressive cause of the day. Read More

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President Trump’s politics are often labeled as “populist.” Three recent executive actions show he’s delivering on the promise of that label. Read More

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The Republican Party has been transformed by President Trump. Read More

(See also Mr. Wehner’s recent piece in The Atlantic, which was adapted from his new book The Death of Politics, and his interviews in the Washington Post and on PBS NewsHour on the themes of the book.) 

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Rather than calling for the federal government to do more income redistribution, it might be useful to have states and localities examine what works in other jurisdictions. Read More

(See also Ms. Charen’s piece eviscerating Senator Elizabeth Warren’s “magic-wand politics.”) 

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Sometimes, the shortest of lives inspire millions. And so it is with the oak tree that French President Emmanuel Macron ceremonially planted with President Trump on the South Lawn of the White House. Read More

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The leak of unfavorable re-election numbers from President Trump’s own internal polling, which show him behind Democratic candidate Joe Biden in many key swing states, has triggered a rush to judgment among many analysts. But as 2016 showed, he doesn’t have to win the popular vote to win an election. Read More

(See also Mr. Olsen’s piece explaining that President Trump’s apparent strategy for the 2020 campaign suggests that he “is much likelier to lose than many Republicans think.”)