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This essay was originally published in March of 2023. We hope you enjoy this favorite from our archives while our editorial team takes a brief publishing break in honor of Veterans Day. 

The US military is facing a recruitment crisis. It is so severe that in September, Senator Thom Thillis


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Peter Gray’s controversial new book, Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety, has me convinced: contrary to what we might wish, taking away kids’ smartphones will not solve the mental health decline of our ...


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Ask anyone over forty in the conservative movement about Gen Z’s political prospects and you’ll probably be met with one of three reactions. The first is despair: how could members of a generation who have enjoyed immeasurably more economic and social opportunities than their parents be quite so angry at the system that produced them? The second is indifference: sure, campus ...


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In this month’s Q&A, our own Nathaniel Peters interviews Julia Hejduk about her most recent book, co-authored with Gregory Coles: Sexuality Beyond Sex: An Unexpected Conversation on Embodiment, Identity, and Desire.  

Nathaniel Peters: It’s ra...


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Translated by Ralph C. Hancock with Daniel J. Mahoney. 

This article originally appeared in the September issue of the French monthly L’Incorrect. It is published in English translation with the magazine’s kind permission.  

In a limpid and profound


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