The October 2026 issue of Chronicles, “The Wussification of Sports,” is online and available to subscribers. In our lead feature this month, John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) discusses the wussification of sports and how it is a symptom of a much larger cultural disease afflicting the Western world: chroniclesmagazine.org/view/… Anthony Esolen (@AnthonyEsolen) explains that the humility of the faithful is more powerful and righteous than the zeal of the ideologue: chroniclesmagazine.org/socie… Paul Gottfried dissects the great hue and cry from Con Inc. over Bo French’s comment on demographics: chroniclesmagazine.org/edito… John Howting (@howtingmi) weighs in on the Lindsay Clancy hysteria: chroniclesmagazine.org/edito… Noel Yaxley tells of the daring statesmen trying to restore England: chroniclesmagazine.org/revie… Srdja Trifkovic explains how Donald Trump can secure his legacy by using bilateral negotiations to end the conflict in Iran: chroniclesmagazine.org/colum… Derek Parker examines Frederick H. Fleitz’s analysis of U.S.-North Korean nuclear negotiations in 'North Korea, Nuclear Brinkmanship, and the Oval Office’: chroniclesmagazine.org/revie… Stephen Presser (@StephenPresser) delves into Allen Guelzo and James Hankins’ ‘Golden Thread’ series—a compelling survey of Western intellectual history: chroniclesmagazine.org/revie… Alexander Riley (@AllThingsRhap) reviews J. Budziszewski’s ‘Pandemic of Lunacy’ and explains modern society’s madness: chroniclesmagazine.org/revie… John Ehrett (@johnehrett) critiques Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars’: chroniclesmagazine.org/revie… Derek Turner (@DerekTurner1964) and Alexander Riley analyze the works of Sir Thomas Browne and Arnold Gehlen: chroniclesmagazine.org/revie… Jack Trotter remembers the astute critic of democratic excess, Henry Adams: chroniclesmagazine.org/remem… Mark G. Brennan examines the woke left’s weaponization of film casting—and offers creative suggestions: chroniclesmagazine.org/colum… And Daniel McCarthy (@ToryAnarchist) explains how blank slate liberalism infects both interventionist and non-interventionist schools of foreign policy: chroniclesmagazine.org/colum… Those features, along with book and film reviews and more, are in the October issue, available in full for subscribers here: chroniclesmagazine.org/2026/… Support our work and subscribe to Chronicles here: chroniclesmagazine.org/subsc…

The Supreme Court Is Not as Conservative as Many Believe The Court’s recent actions on special rights for transgender prisoners suggest it is inclined to follow the bogus science that now dominates discussion of this topic. Stephen B. Presser writes: chroniclesmagazine.org/defau…

Dawkins’ ‘The God Delusion’ Stinks Like 20-Year-Old Sushi In one scientific discipline after another, the claim that blind chance rules all is losing credibility, as evidence piles up of design pervading the universe. John Zmirak writes: chroniclesmagazine.org/web/d…

Left-wing holdouts in Latin America should consider the direction things are moving in the region and learn to tolerate their opposition, writes @ToryAnarchist Daniel McCarthy. Check out "chroniclesmagazine.org/web/c…"

Slotkin’s exhortation to young, would-be MAGA White House staffers to reconsider their life choices was no idle threat, writes @matt_boose Matt Boose. Check out "chroniclesmagazine.org/web/e…"

European elites insist the riots in France are the result of a failure to fully implement their economic policies when, in fact, their immigration policies are what caused them. Paul du Quenoy (president of the @PalmInstitute) writes: chroniclesmagazine.org/web/a…

The Art of the Nuclear Deal In ‘North Korea, Nuclear Brinkmanship, and the Oval Office,’ Frederick H. Fleitz explains how a lack of confidence has left the U.S. holding the bag in its nuclear deals with North Korea. Derek Parker writes: chroniclesmagazine.org/revie…

A Failed Satire in Defense of the Global Warming Grift Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s ‘Digger’ fails as a satire, defending sacred cows rather than skewering them. Paul du Quenoy (president of the @PalmInstitute) writes for the November issue of Chronicles: chroniclesmagazine.org/onlin…

The Deepening Transatlantic Rift Twenty months ago, the Trump administration warned Europe that a change in priorities and orientation was necessary for its survival. Europe’s leaders have ignored this to their peril. Srdja Trifkovic writes: chroniclesmagazine.org/web/t…