Honestly, he is welcome to it.

Also: Ancient Egyptian coffins, and more.

Kiev has become a drag on Trump, but if we don’t watch out, it could turn into a geopolitical threat to everyone.

Why do those so concerned with economic justice sneer at the country’s poorest region?

If they don’t come to some consensus, their fight for universal coverage won’t survive the general election.

In the age of Twitter, sassy personal attacks have become a method of left-wing cultural enforcement, displacing argument.

The Mythological, the Technological, and the ‘strong gods’ of post-Christianity

As Bloom worried and Gibbon chronicled, nations that lose their creed inevitably struggle. And what then?

‘I have been defeated’ says former Catholic homeschooling mom, whose kids grew up and left the faith

Bret Stephens’ foolish caricature of America only nurses our delusions about ‘the good’ we’ve done in the world.

New Pew research shows the faith’s erosion is picking up pace

The U.S. needs to stop catering to its regional clients by adopting their rivals as ours, and it needs to pursue genuine, sustained engagement with Iran to reduce tensions and to contribute to the stabilization of the region.

Is the president really a genius, and we’re too sinful to see it?

Here’s what our writers and editors are reading this week.

Can the Church take the devil’s money to do God’s work?

The Erdogan letter is Trump’s failed foreign policy in miniature: ignorant, blustering, threatening, and ineffectual.

Also: Why red means red in almost every language, and more.

Fired Vatican Bank employees, the city-state’s police chief forced out, and a blockbuster book on its way

The neocon consensus has brought nothing but disaster. If the president wants to chart another course, we should support him.

Willfully ignorant of its weaknesses, Washington still thinks it holds sway over smaller allies and adversaries in the Gulf.

The meltdown in the White House today, and the crackpot letter to Erdogan, raise concerns

In what universe would a message like this produce a favorable response?

If we want to understand what the Iranian people want and how U.S. policy affects them, we should start listening to what they tell us.

Des Moines Register continues to hemorrhage public confidence in wake of King scandal

Iranians are responding to U.S. betrayal in the same way that anyone would.

Pompeo is arguably the most partisan Secretary of State in modern times, and the department’s politicization is an outgrowth of that.

How devoid of empathy and common sense must someone be to think that this was the appropriate way to handle this matter?

When cultural revolutionaries say they are going to destroy our civilizational foundations, believe them

Also: Elizabeth Bowen’s short stories, stolen Dalí work, and more.

Our government has been supporting the mass starvation of millions of people in Yemen for more than four years, but somehow hawks never count that as a “regional catastrophe.”

Kentucky’s junior senator takes on the collectivist moment, and his timing is perfect.