Elites’ Long War Against the ‘Deplorables’

Christopher Lasch warned that America’s new elite had become detached from its roots—The Revolt of the Elites foretold our divide.

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Finding Private Roy

By the late 1970s, when I attended public high school in rural, blue-collar Central New York, more and more teenagers were living with a divorced...

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God and Woman at Cornell

This essay is adapted from a public conversation at Cornell University with Elizabeth Lyon Hall, head of the COLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought...

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Pure Courage in the Christian Tradition: Knowing Saint Kateri Tekakwitha and Her Living Legacy

Julie Baaki and Beth Lynch carry on Saint Kateri’s legacy as they bring ‘The Lily of the Mohawks’ alive to pilgrims who show up from all over.

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Stories In American History

Discover how Upstate New York helped shape America through abolition, suffrage, utopian communities, and the Second Great Awakening—stories that...

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The Roots of Our Political Violence

The righteous wrath of modern progressivism traces its origins to the scorched spiritual landscape of 19th-century rural New York

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Thoughts on a New American Literary Adventure

Discussing the exciting new project about upstate New York, its history, and its people.

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Travel

As part of Stage One, the project team plans trips to different areas of New York State in 2025–2026 to accumulate research and local color and make...

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When the Blood Libel Came to America

How a 1928 New York town confronted a blood libel - and why that rare moral victory matters today.

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