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Launching the redesign of the Art of Manliness has gotten me thinking about our history, and how my understanding of manliness has evolved, deepened, and changed over that nearly two-decade-long span.The idea for the Art of Manliness…

The surrogate mother says the biological parents previously pressured her to abort the child and hold full medical authority under a lower‑court order, prompting her emergency appeal.…

This is republished with permission by the author. The original can be found at The Intersection, “The last moment of American unity,” here.***Today, the country marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The pictures…

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The holdout juror who refused to agree that Lindsay Clancy was not guilty of murdering her children by reason of insanity was a black man, the lone minority on the panel.The information about the racial background of the jurors was…

Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz didn’t hold back Thursday night, delivering a high-octane address at Day 2 of the RNC midterm convention that blew the roof off the hall and laid bare what he called a direct, existential threat to the…

Every five years or so, Kate and I get the itch to redesign the Art of Manliness. I don’t fully know where it comes from. After eighteen years of running this site, our tastes change, our sense of what AoM is about changes, and at…

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Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial ended in a hung jury and a mistrial — and while the prosecution must now weigh the potential costs and benefits of bringing the charges again, Clancy’s attorney and several members of the jury have already…

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On July 4, 2026, I woke up to extraordinary news: Chinese Christian pastor Ezra Jin Mingri had been released from prison and reunited with his family in the United States.For the first time in nearly two decades, China had released a…

New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch issued a pointed warning against blurring the distinction between 9/11 terrorists and first responders Wednesday, while Mayor Zohran Mamdani stood beside her, comments some observers…

In the foreword to a new edition of the youth catechism YouCat, on the subject of love and marriage, Pope Leo XIV goes to the heart of the vocation to love: serving through a generous gift of self.…

The Trump administration deported an illegal immigrant convicted of groping nine girls at the Virginia high school he attended.Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported Israel Christopher-Ortiz, 19, to his native El Salvador on…

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A fourth female juror who served in the Lindsay Clancy trial has admitted that her decision to find the defendant not guilty by reason of insanity was rooted in her desire for Clancy to get mental health help, not necessarily the…

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III will retire at the end of the year following seven years at the institution’s helm and a contentious period of clashes with the Trump administration over how American history should be…

 When Mark Hertling learned he was deploying for Operation Desert Storm, he decided to start a journal.Back then, Mark was an Army major and cavalry officer with two young sons. His unit would be out in front of the main force, and…

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A massive sinkhole swallowed part of actor Nicolas Cage’s driveway — and threatened to swallow his $10.5 million Malibu home — after heavy rains and high surf from Tropical Storm Marie battered his $10.5 million Malibu property.The hole,…