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The Broken-Down Shed Next Door

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Low Fertility Changes Social Norms and Social Resources

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

It Turns Out That Burning Garbage Isn’t Green

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Noah Rothman

Europeans on Trump Trade Deal: He Nailed Us

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Kamala Harris’s Ambition Haunts California Democrats

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Noah Rothman

Battling Through a Streaming Drought

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Spend More on Our Servicemen

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

BBCTube

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Andrew Stuttaford

A Recent Decline in New York City Crime That Isn’t Helping Eric Adams at All

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Jim Geraghty

Is Personnel Not Policy in the Trump Administration?

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Jim Geraghty

Summer Bridge Programs Work

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George Leef

Britain: ‘Shut Up,’ the Government Explained

Britain: ‘Shut Up,’ the Government Explained

The U.K. may have left the EU, but it continues to be ruled in much the same way, certainly when it comes to matters relating to free expression,...

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Andrew Stuttaford

Weekend Short: Chekhov’s ‘A Dead Body’

Weekend Short: Chekhov’s ‘A Dead Body’

Author’s note: “Weekend Short” is a recurring column profiling short stories. Analysis from the readership is encouraged in the comments section....

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Luther Ray Abel

Baby Rattles or Death Rattle

Baby Rattles or Death Rattle

In completely non-shocking news, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that American fertility hit an all-time low last year....

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

If Rich Democrats Don’t Want Their Tax Cut, They Don’t Have to Take It

If Rich Democrats Don’t Want Their Tax Cut, They Don’t Have to Take It

Jeff Stein of the Washington Post has written a piece headlined: “They’re rich. They’re anti-Trump. And they don’t want their big tax cut.”...

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Dominic Pino

A Necessary AI Framework

Worried that AI will take over the world? On this Friday edition of The Editors , Jack Butler (guest-hosting for Rich), Charlie, Jim, and Michael...

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Nr Staff

The Attacks on Jerome Powell

When Donald Trump attacked Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during his first term, I thought the attacks were crazily overheated — he...

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Ramesh Ponnuru

Have You Read the Latest Lifeline?

The Lifeline is our new weekly pro-life newsletter. Sign up for free to receive it in your inbox here. Here is today’s edition. It goes out Friday...

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Alina Habba Appointed Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey

Alina Habba Appointed Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey

The battle between the Trump administration and a federal court over the president’s determination to have his former defense attorney Alina Habba...

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Andrew C. Mccarthy

Planned Parenthood Got More Taxpayer Money than PBS and NPR Combined

Planned Parenthood Got More Taxpayer Money than PBS and NPR Combined

NR senior editor Charlie Cooke smartly opined that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was unfit for purpose because of PBS and NPR’s obvious...

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John Gerardi

What Happened to Tucker?

What Happened to Tucker?

After years of “just asking questions,” Tucker Carlson has reached the “nadir to which such questions inevitably lead.” He has chosen to...

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Jessica Hornik

Collaboration, Complicity, Credibility, and the Catholic Church in Gaza

Collaboration, Complicity, Credibility, and the Catholic Church in Gaza

An errant Israeli mortar struck the Holy Family Parish in Gaza on July 17, killing three and wounding ten (including the parish priest, Father...

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Dan Mclaughlin

Make Respect for Human Life and Love Great Again: On Humanae Vitae and World IVF Day

Make Respect for Human Life and Love Great Again: On Humanae Vitae and World IVF Day

Very often, in response to anything coming from a pro-life prospective on abortion, the comments section will fill up with instistence that birth...

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Planned Parenthood Closes Deep in the Heart of Texas — Another Baby Step in the Fight to End Abortion in America

Planned Parenthood Closes Deep in the Heart of Texas — Another Baby Step in the Fight to End Abortion in America

They say everything is big in Texas, so why would Planned Parenthood be excluded? I never made it there, but for years I’ve been reading about and...

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Net Zero: ‘Sustainable’ Trains Unsustainable?

Net Zero: ‘Sustainable’ Trains Unsustainable?

Say what you will about Britain’s “race” to net zero, it is giving the rest of the world a useful demonstration of how unsustainable so much of the...

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Andrew Stuttaford

The EU: Working for Xi (Again)

The EU: Working for Xi (Again)

There was a time when Europe used to have diplomats and politicians who knew a bit about foreign policy and then there’s today's EU. Bloomberg: The...

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Andrew Stuttaford

Father Jacques Hamel and the Courage to Face Evil with Christ

Father Jacques Hamel and the Courage to Face Evil with Christ

Nine years ago tonight, I moderated an event with Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori in Krakow. Pope Francis would soon be in Poland, and our...

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

The GOP Calls to Appoint Yet Another Russiagate Special Counsel Are Ridiculous

The GOP Calls to Appoint Yet Another Russiagate Special Counsel Are Ridiculous

Senators Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) and John Cornyn (R., Texas) are leading the charge of Republicans who are calling for a special counsel to...

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Andrew C. Mccarthy

Skydance and Paramount Merger Approved

Well, that was quick. Shortly after Paramount (owner of CBS News) settled with Donald Trump, the FCC approves the merger, which has vast...

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Cornyn Senate Campaign Runs Ad Hitting Texas AG Ken Paxton on ‘Mortgage Fraud’ Accusations

Cornyn Senate Campaign Runs Ad Hitting Texas AG Ken Paxton on ‘Mortgage Fraud’ Accusations

Texas Senator John Cornyn’s 2026 reelection campaign is launching a five-figure digital ad buy on Friday hitting his Republican primary challenger,...

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Audrey Fahlberg

New Poll Shows Gains in Pro-Life Sentiment

New Poll Shows Gains in Pro-Life Sentiment

Today, the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research released the results of a poll of over 1,400 adults in mid-July. The...

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Michael J. New

Donald Trump’s Plan to Unilaterally Control Foreign Investment in America

Donald Trump’s Plan to Unilaterally Control Foreign Investment in America

As George Will recounts in a recent column, Donald Trump has deployed a range of open-ended executive powers to reshape global supply chains at...

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John R. Puri