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  • James Talarico's moderate makeover doesn't add up

    James Talarico's moderate makeover doesn't add up

    Under fire for his radical statements on gender, James Talarico is suddenly sounding a lot more moderate. His record says otherwise.

  • Antisemitism in teachers' unions is everyone's problem

    Antisemitism in teachers' unions is everyone's problem

    There is a mistake Americans repeatedly make when antisemitism appears in one of our institutions—we treat it as a Jewish problem alone. A new Senate report on the NEA suggests why that's dangerous for everyone.

  • Grad schools are training activists, not teachers

    Grad schools are training activists, not teachers

    Who's teaching the teachers? According to a new AEI report, it's an ideologically uniform slate of professors pushing "queer pedagogy" and "anti-capitalist" frameworks instead of practical training. This piece makes the case for breaking graduate schools' gatekeeping power over K-12 hiring.

  • Why do we empathize with villains now?

    Why do we empathize with villains now?

    "Cruella wasn't evil, she was misunderstood. Maleficent wasn't evil, she was betrayed." Culture keeps rewriting villains as victims — but what happens to a society that forgets how to name evil?

  • 3 reasons to take your kids to church

    3 reasons to take your kids to church

    To help feed your desire to face the challenge, I offer three reasons to take your kids to church.

  • 3 signs Gen Z's 'revival' might be more than hype

    3 signs Gen Z's 'revival' might be more than hype

    "What do you want me to say?" That question, asked to a young person on the street, may say more about Gen Z's faith than any national survey

  • 9/11 Demands moral clarity. Mamdani just failed the test.

    9/11 Demands moral clarity. Mamdani just failed the test.

    Remembering 9/11 requires more than recalling where we were that morning 25 years ago. It requires moral clarity about evil, gratitude for sacrifice, vigilance toward the threats that remain, and a humble acknowledgment of our dependence upon God.

  • How buy now, pay later turned school shopping into a debt trap

    How buy now, pay later turned school shopping into a debt trap

    "Some parents at my kids' school resorted to Buy Now, Pay Later — and even gambling — just to cover school supplies." Chuck Bentley explains why predictable expenses shouldn't feel like emergencies, and how families can plan ahead.

  • 9/11 nearly killed him. From the ashes to a war on human trafficking.

    9/11 nearly killed him. From the ashes to a war on human trafficking.

    When I arrived in America in 2001 with $50 and two suitcases, I had dreams — but no sense of purpose. Then 9/11 changed everything, and it would take years, and a cry for help from a trafficking victim, before I understood why I survived.

  • Baptism isn't a symbol or a spell. It's a treaty.

    Baptism isn't a symbol or a spell. It's a treaty.

    "Before the earliest Christians were lowered into the water, they turned and spoke to the enemy." This piece argues that baptism was never a quiet ceremony — it was a public change of allegiance, a legal transfer of ownership from one kingdom to another, sealed by a word we've badly misread.

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