Latest articles by Rachel Lu
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Who destroyed the American family?
opinion What conservatives and liberals can learn from each other about family values
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The refreshing simplicity of Aldi
feature What the rise of the no-frills grocery chain says about 2019 America
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How Mayor Pete can solve his police problem
opinion Time to talk about faith
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Against commercial surrogacy
opinion Why this conservative Catholic agrees with Gloria Steinem
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Why I love Facebook
feature For all its faults, social media offers a lot of benefits too
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The right way to downsize American higher education
The Explainer Getting smaller doesn't have to mean getting worse
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A pro-life world can be good for women. Here's how.
opinion Lasting protections for the unborn will be sustainable only if a majority of women nationwide can be persuaded that they want them
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Why Pete Buttigieg hits a sweet spot for voters
opinion The promise of a transformative moderate
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Notre Dame is a magnificent monument to a misunderstood age
The Explainer Every now and then, the stars align to create a virtuous cycle of creative brilliance, which illuminates civilization for centuries afterwards. The great cathedral arose in such an hour.
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The anticlimactic conclusion of the Mueller saga is unequivocally good for America
opinion What, you were hoping for a traitorous president or a deep state plot?
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Should the government really make parenting 'easy'?
opinion This can't be the goal of family policy
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America's historical problem with romance
opinion The French had their troubadours and the English their Arthurian legends. Here in America we have… Puritans!
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What Republicans miss about the dignity of work
feature Humans want dignity. They also want work. This doesn't mean all jobs are dignified.
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Is nationalism really the future of conservatism?
opinion Conservatives once honored those who vanquished genocidal tyrants. Our children won't revere us in that same way for raging against unarmed migrants.
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Slow your roll on legal weed
opinion The unknown dangers of legalized marijuana
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Return of the nativists
opinion The nativism unleashed by President Trump is ugly. America must transcend it.
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Democrats' weak Trump impersonation
opinion Why are Democrats trying to out-Trump Trump?
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The nuanced arguments of America's smartest immigration restrictionists
opinion What does it mean to be an American — and who should get to be one?
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Conservatism after Kavanaugh
opinion The right's warring factions largely united to defend their new Supreme Court justice. Will they keep banding together now that this fight is won?
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This Supreme Court battle represents American politics at its absolute worst
opinion Try to remember that before condemning the other half of the country to perdition
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Imagining post-abortion America
opinion The age of abortion may well be ending. What shall we fight about next?
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Where does the Catholic Church go from here?
opinion Change is coming. But what will it look like?
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John McCain, last of the American heroes
opinion The indomitable Arizona senator is dead at 81. We may never see his like again.
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How to save the Catholic Church
opinion The Catholic Church is broken. Here's how to fix it.
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