IN THE September 30, 2019, ISSUE
Do Guns Help People Defend Themselves?
Yes, probably hundreds of thousands of times each year.
Magazine
Also In This Issue
Articles
What’s Next for the GOP on Immigration?
Trump missed his best chance for an immigration deal, but Republicans still need to know what they want.
The New Endangered-Species Regulations Are Good for Species
The old rules created a perverse incentive not to preserve habitat.
Features
The Anti-Slavery Constitution
From the Framers on, Americans have understood our fundamental law to oppose ownership of persons.
The Gun Issue
Do Guns Help People Defend Themselves?
Yes, probably hundreds of thousands of times each year.
The Lawfare Campaign against Gunmakers
Manufacturers of firearms should not be sued when people commit crimes with their products.
Heller’s Precarious Situation
Many courts are failing to uphold the Second Amendment.
Theodore Roosevelt on the Range
Books, a rifle, a future president, and a prairie already bounded.
Books, Arts & Manners
The Eternal Debate over the Nature of Hell
A review of That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation, by David Bentley Hart.
Walter Bagehot: The Great Victorian Journalist
A review of Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian, by James Grant.
The Art of Punctuation
A review of Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark, by Cecelia Watson.
C. S. Lewis and the Religion of Science
A review of The Restoration of Man: C. S. Lewis and the Continuing Case against Scientism, 3rd ed., by Michael D. Aeschliman.
Reading Like a Child
The rewards of approaching literature with a sense of our relative smallness.
Horror-Comedy Ready or Not Plays on Primal Human Fears
A review of Ready or Not, starring Samara Weaving.
Sections
FIREDCON 2019!
A three-day convention for terminated employees of the Trump administration.
If I Were Present at the Tribal Blessing
Had I been present when those pastors blessed the Tahlequah tribe, my sister by my side…
Criminal Charisma
‘You’re watching The Godfather? Again?‘ ‘Yes, again,’ I respond to my wife. ‘Also, don’t ask me about my business.’