Marco Rubio’s Impressive Speech
The secretary of state sought not only to reassure but to rally Europeans.
Ideas
The Founders Would Have Opposed ‘Nationalizing’ Elections
The writers of the Constitution sought an approach that balanced control between the states and the federal government.
The Disappointment of Young Trump Voters
Americans under 30 swung to the right in 2024, but they’re not getting what they voted for.
Crypto Is a Victim of Its Own Success
Bitcoin, which has been plummeting in value, has come to feel less like a rebel upstart, more like an eccentric uncle.
Words Without Consequence
What does it mean to have speech without a speaker?
The Clash of Civilizations Was an Inside Job
After 9/11, Samuel P. Huntington’s big idea was everywhere. But he missed the coming war within.
First Jobs Matter More Than We Think
They could help us solve society’s biggest problems.
Why MAGA Wants You to Think Slavery Wasn’t That Bad
Both the left and the right try to co-opt it, but the real story of American slavery doesn’t serve any one faction.
Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
Carrie Prejean Boller Is Not Going Quietly
The former beauty queen, dismissed from Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, says that it’s “anti-Christian” to accuse her of anti-Semitism.