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Oil prices will go down but won’t collapse

Global oil prices are likely to remain under pressure in 2026. Supply is expected to exceed demand by as much as 4 million barrels a day....

Gen Z’s Christian resurgence is worth celebrating this Christmas

Whether the apparent cultural turn of early 2025 will produce lasting change remains an open question. Despite early promises from universities to scale back...

Ave Maria: Myth and history

In the final days of Socrates’s life, as he waited for his execution in an Athenian prison, his closest friend, Crito, visited him, waking...

Gold’s rise and the new global arms race

News Items is a daily newsletter founded by longtime newsman John Ellis years ago. It is the “first read” for many because its 15-20...

Why is Zohran Mamdani surrounded by antisemites?

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani might not be an antisemite. He must just have really bad luck that everyone he surrounds himself with and...

Five classics to get you back to reading

The classics are making a comeback. The great books of the past, which have been in danger of falling by the wayside as people...

Why we love It’s a Wonderful Life

Living in the present moment can be difficult, and our busy lives make it even more so, especially during the Christmas season. The season can...

Minnesota fraud factory shows Republicans did not cut Medicaid enough

When the news broke about welfare fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community, it was largely confined to abuse surrounding the Agriculture Department’s Federal Child Nutrition...

For JD Vance, free speech only means his friends can’t be criticized

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces...

The Leonine pivot

There’s a joke (or perhaps a coping mechanism) among more traditional Catholic circles that embracing ignorance about the goings on in the Holy See...
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