Rachel Lu

Contributing Writer

Rachel Lu is a writer based in Roseville, Minnesota. Her work has appeared in many publications, including National Review, The American Conservative, America Magazine, and The Federalist. She previously worked as an academic philosopher, and is a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow.

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Opinion

Is Trump the low point of conservatism?

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Opinion

Who destroyed the American family?

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Feature

The refreshing simplicity of Aldi

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Opinion

How Mayor Pete can solve his police problem

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Opinion

Against commercial surrogacy

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Feature

Why I love Facebook

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Analysis

The right way to downsize American higher education

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Opinion

A pro-life world can be good for women. Here's how.

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Opinion

Why Pete Buttigieg hits a sweet spot for voters

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Analysis

Notre Dame is a magnificent monument to a misunderstood age

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Opinion

The anticlimactic conclusion of the Mueller saga is unequivocally good for America

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Opinion

Should the government really make parenting 'easy'?

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Opinion

America's historical problem with romance

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Feature

What Republicans miss about the dignity of work

Opinion

Is nationalism really the future of conservatism?

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Opinion

Slow your roll on legal weed

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Opinion

Return of the nativists

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Opinion

Democrats' weak Trump impersonation

Reihan Salam and his new book Melting Pot or Civil War

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Opinion

The nuanced arguments of America's smartest immigration restrictionists

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Opinion

Conservatism after Kavanaugh

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Opinion

This Supreme Court battle represents American politics at its absolute worst

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Opinion

Imagining post-abortion America

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Opinion

Where does the Catholic Church go from here?

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Opinion

John McCain, last of the American heroes

Opinion

How to save the Catholic Church

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Opinion

Could a grown-up Tea Party save the GOP?

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Opinion

Why rejecting birth control can be an empowering feminist choice

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Opinion

The renewed relevance of neoconservatism

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Opinion

I'm a pro-life woman. But I'm worried about a post-Roe America.

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Opinion

How and why elite colleges should pass the buck on social justice

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Opinion

Citizenship is the new caste system

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Opinion

Is nationalism obsolete?

Opinion

Parents are heroes

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Opinion

Why America will regret legalizing marijuana

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Opinion

America's matriarch

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Opinion

3 ways the GOP can rebuild after Trump