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Is Britain’s Social Media Ban a Trojan Horse for Censorship?
Niall Gooch

“There is a tension here, between the commendable aim of getting children off their phones and limiting their exposure to dubious material, and the knowledge that the government will almost certainly use the law as a Trojan Horse for further speech restrictions.”

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Is Britain’s Social Media Ban a Trojan Horse for Censorship? - First Things My mother is fond of saying that children spell love T-I-M-E, by which she means they have an instinctive understanding of the role that sustained attention plays in the...

How to Destroy the Black Family
In the ​latest episode of Conversations, Delano Squires joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his recent book, The Vanishing Black Family.

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“The women who flourish are not those who win the girlboss game, perfect the tradwife aesthetic, or embrace Marxism’s spiritual statism. They are those who are rooted in genuine religious community, mentored by wise older women, and protected by faithful men.”

Neither Girlboss nor Tradwife
Emma Waters

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Please join us on August 7–8, 2026, for two days of intellectual enrichment and good company as we explore the topic of beauty. The retreat will feature a keynote lecture, a panel, and seminar discussions led by instructors from Eastern University’s Templeton Honors College.

The full retreat program will be held at the Union League Club of New York.

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