Vindication But Not Yet Victory
It is no longer the skeptics who must explain their doubts; it is the defenders of this indefensible system.
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What Happens Now?
The choices Republicans make now will determine more than who occupies Graham's vacant chairs.
Federal Employees Don’t Get to Defy the President
President Trump’s executive order makes it easier to fire career employees for cause.
People Who Can Still Read Will Rule the World
If the illiterate Dark Ages are indeed coming, at least we will have our stacks of hardcovers to comfort us.
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The Washington Post’s China Blind Spot
Ignatius claims that the documents President Donald Trump posted last week concerning Chinese meddling proved that it was no big deal.
Think More: Monday, July 20, 2026
China's grab of military voter files, the Save America Act fight, the RNC's never-resident lawsuits, Medicaid fraud, and more.
What Maine Democrats Chose to Ignore
The accusations gathered slowly, like ominous clouds over a harbor, and still the party sailed on.
Vindication But Not Yet Victory
It is no longer the skeptics who must explain their doubts; it is the defenders of this indefensible system.
After You Read
Essential reading from around the web
Think More: Monday, July 20, 2026
China's grab of military voter files, the Save America Act fight, the RNC's never-resident lawsuits, Medicaid fraud, and more.
Think More: Friday, July 17, 2026
Trump declassifies the 2020 election files, Rubio names far-left terror, Socialism sweeps the West Coast, and more.
Think More: Thursday, July 16, 2026
Trump overrules DHS on ICE stops, Krasner subpoenaed, California's racialist turn, the post-Barbara census fight, and more.
Think More: Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Jack Smith read 44 lawmakers' texts, Rubio vows to end the ICC, fentanyl deaths fall, foreign cash floods U.S. colleges.
Read at Length
The Long Read. Lyceum Edition.
Essay-length arguments on political philosophy, constitutional history, and cultural criticism, brought to bear on the week's events. One a week, often on Sundays.
Welcome to the Machine
Sydney Harris warned that men would learn to think like machines. He did not foresee that machines would become the judges of what men make.
The Hate Map’s Ledger
The Department of Justice has filed the case that fifteen years of conservative reporting already made. The record is older than the indictment, and the cost has not yet been counted.
Sodom and Gomorrah Make Bail
Sanctuary policies grant illegal aliens legal protections that American citizens themselves do not enjoy. The Constitution has a name for it: nullification.
New York Chose Noncompliance
Sean Duffy gave Albany four months to fix an illegal trucker-licensing program. Albany refused. The bill is $73.5 million, and the leverage only gets heavier from here.
Field Notes
The Pulse
Weekly diagnostics on American public opinion, featuring polling and analysis from Scott Rasmussen and the Napolitan News Service, with editorial context from the Lyceum editors.
The Bill Comes Due for College-for-All
A new Napolitan News Service survey finds voters back good non-degree jobs over universal college access, 68% to 23%.
The Distrust Hardens
Trust in the federal government sits at 25% as the share who rarely or never trust it climbs to 35%, a four-point jump in a month.
The Creed Survives. Neither Party Owns It.
Americans still affirm the Founding by better than three to one. Asked who actually keeps faith with it, neither party can muster a majority.
The Governed Still Believe. They No Longer Trust the Governing.
A new Napolitan survey shows a 10-10-80 nation that still holds the founding values, while just 29% say Congress does. The trust gap by the numbers.
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