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Portico Launch Party
Join us at the Union League Club in New York to celebrate the first issue of Portico. Cocktails will be served at 5:00 p.m. A panel discussion featuring Portico...
The Deepening Crisis in Conservative Jurisprudence
In Chiles v. Salazar, the conservative justices came again to that fork in the road that they are becoming more and more determined to avoid...
The Disappearance of Rational Control (ft. Harvey Mansfield)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Harvey C. Mansfield joins in to discuss his recent book, The Rise and Fall of...
Pitch for a Catholic Novel
Imagine a middle-aged white man in good clothes waiting for a morning train at a station of the Long Island Railroad. He appears at ease, even a little self-satisfied....
Protecting Kids Online Doesn’t Threaten Speech or Parental Rights
Two misconceptions have been circulating since last week’s landmark ruling in K.G.M. v. Meta et al., which found Meta and YouTube liable for harms to an individual plaintiff: First,...
Canada’s Offensive Secularism
On March 25, the Canadian House of Commons voted to repeal the good faith religious opinion defense in the Criminal Code. The defense has been there since 1970. It...
Against “God Alone”
A few years ago, I had some routine surgery. Something went wrong in recovery. The nurses on the floor couldn’t fix it. They couldn’t find the specialist. It was Sunday....
Disclosure in Modern Poetry (ft. Glenn Arbery)
In this episode, Glenn C. Arbery joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Lyric as Disclosure” from the March 2026 issue of...
A Win for Christian Counselors and Religious Liberty
In a resounding victory for religious liberty on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8–1 in Chiles v. Salazar in favor of a Christian counselor and against Colorado’s “conversion...
The Politics of Judas
In this Easter season, we naturally reflect on the passion of Christ, his resurrection, and all that it entails for the human race. But there is a part of...
What Drag Queens and Blackface Have in Common
My new book, The Desecration of Man, emerged from something I had noticed while researching questions...
Turned Away on Palm Sunday
In politics, diplomacy, war, or pretty much any field of human interaction, one must contend not only with the actions of one’s enemies but with those of one’s own...
Timothée Chalamet Is Right About Art (ft. Suzy Weiss)
In this episode, co-founder and reporter for the Free Press, Suzy Weiss, joins Virginia and Germán to discuss the most recent battle between artistic merit and popularity, brought about...
Via Crucis, 2026
The Way of the Cross—and the third, seventh, and ninth stations in particular—has been an especially appropriate Lenten devotion this year. Every day, it seems, some new craziness erupts...
Trump’s Civilizational Project
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke at the recent Munich Security Conference. Last year, Vice President JD Vance issued stern warnings with harsh rhetoric. Rubio’s speech was conciliatory, often...
