Join the IHE for a discussion of humanity in the digital age, featuring Jonathan Askonas, Luke Burgis, and Ari Schulman and moderated by IHE Media Fellow Ross Douthat. This event is free and open to the public. A reception with refreshments will follow.

Join the IHE for a conversation about the spread of assisted suicide in the Western world, from the Netherlands to Canada, as well as its causes, its consequences, and how an age of euthanasia might be resisted. A recording of the event is here. Panelists are: Ross Douthat–Columnist, The New York Times; Media Fellow, Institute […]

IHE Media Fellow and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat moderates a panel discussion between Samuel Goldman (George Washington University), Dan McCarthy (Modern Age), and Ramesh Ponnuru (National Review) about the upcoming election and the future of conservatism in America.

Join the IHE for a panel discussion on “Catholicism and Nationalism: Are They Compatible?” A recording is available here. Panelists: Ross Douthat is a columnist at The New York Times and IHE Media Fellow. Michael Brendan Dougherty is a Senior Writer at National Review Online. R. R. Reno is Editor at First Things. Jennifer Frey is an Associate Professor […]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine along with retaliatory Western sanctions has caused a reassessment of America’s foreign policy. Is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine the end of the Pax Americana, or is the unified Western response a sign of resilient American strength? Are we facing a new Cold War or a multipolar conflict between civilizations? Do the […]

In a nation sharply divided along ideological lines, the depth and complexity of Catholic social teaching still offers a constant challenge to our partisan categories. Is the fuller application of Catholic ideas to our political debates a potential cure for polarization, as Matthew Walther argued in a provocative essay for The New York Times this summer? Walther, the editor of The […]

Bipartisan agreement exists in affirming that our republican political system has decayed over the last two generations. But why has this decay happened and what can we do to stop it? Can we save our institutions or is saving them an impossible project? Join IHE Media Fellow Ross Douthat (The New York Times) for a […]

This first session focuses on the role of the media in investigating, reporting, and framing our understanding of the crisis. Participants: Elizabeth Bruenig – The Washington Post Ross Douthat –The New York Times J.D. Flynn – Catholic News Agency Chris White – Crux/The Tablet      

Recent essays by Sohrab Ahmari of the New York Post and David French of the National Review Institute provide dueling visions for how cultural conservatives should respond to the post-liberal left. Ahmari contends that social conservatives should assertively use their power to oppose the secular left. French holds onto the classical liberal approach to resisting leftist policy […]

Today the Western world seems to be in crisis. But beneath our social media frenzy and reality-television politics, the deeper reality is one of drift, repetition, and dead ends. On the release date of his latest book, join New York Times columnist and IHE Media Fellow Ross Douthat for a discussion of our decadence — of what happens when […]