An unlikely group of Republicans and Democrats are tired of Saudi impunity and demanding congressional review.

Hindu revivalism has sparked fear in the West—but it shouldn’t. Here’s why.

The First Amendment’s origins can be found in the early Church, not the Enlightenment.

Journalists and analysts were targeted because they were independent and credible observers and critics of Iran and U.S. Iran policy.

Scott Myers, a Louisiana boy making Syrah in the mountains of southern Spain

We need politicians of the left (and the right) who defend their places by standing up to Woke Capitalism

A married mom of two watches a video, decides she must be gay, leaves her husband and children. Love wins again

Italian cities are home to traditions and built environments that were established before our country even existed.

When Texas family said that daughter was abused at church camp, their megachurch was not on their side

Christian teachings and “human rights” have come into conflict, and it’s tearing the country apart.

Iran hawks can’t win the argument on the merits, and so they have to turn to underhanded tactics and smears.

The brass are careerists, never punished for their mistakes, quietly assenting to the latest doomed interventions.

There is no poverty like the poverty of 180 rich CEOs who want to see children die so that they may live as they wish

Also: Venice is beautiful but dead, a 900-year-old grape, and more.

Iran has every incentive to avoid talking to the U.S. right now, and the administration’s interest in negotiation is disingenuous and purely for show.

Frank Rizzo became a Philadelphia political icon by using populist rhetoric to rally disenchanted working-class Democrats.

Despite getting his story wrong, there’s been no shame or contrition among the press.

Vampire Weekend aren’t conservatives but their persona brilliantly demonstrates the hollowness at the center of our pop culture.

Vatican condemns ‘gender ideology’ — but the propaganda factory has already conquered the medical profession, and even some in the Church

Wreaking havoc on the population has always seemed to be the point of the policy.

Meeting in Birmingham this week, the SBC faces a crisis of decline. Can the 6th century saint help?

Dizzy with the success of postconciliar progressive Catholicism, the pontiff calls Ben Op Catholics sectarian and fearful of contamination

In short, sanctions are a cruel practice of bullying weaker states at the expense of their civilian populations.

Also: David Drake’s “hackwork pop,” Chinese cliff honey, and more.

In this case, the fake persona was able to publish dozens of articles in Western news and opinion outlets promoting the MEK.

We have seen the despairing future, and it is us. Why not succumb to the monsters we know we are?

The Utah senator is scolding Trump’s “transactional” approach to alliances, even though his internationalist approach has lost all appeal.

Contra Bernie Sanders, the two ideas cannot co-exist and never will.

Socialism may have birthed brutalism. But capitalism has given us barren strip malls, cookie-cutter exurbs, and Rem Koolhaas’s “generic city.”

The Murphy-Young legislation is just the latest example of how the president’s obnoxious subservience to the Saudis and the UAE has provoked growing dissatisfaction and resistance among our representatives in Washington.

A scorching Pentecost reflection on the Catholic bishops, by a prominent laywoman