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Has free trade destroyed America?
@JuliusKrein and @PhilWMagness debate whether globalization has hollowed out American industry and weakened national security, or whether free trade remains essential to American prosperity.
Moderated by @sarahhgustafson.
Watch the full "Fault Lines" debate 👇
(0:00) Opening Remarks
(0:58) Debate Introduction & Resolution
(1:19) Julius Krein: Neoliberalism's Policy Mistakes
(6:53) Financial Markets & Chronic Trade Deficits
(9:47) Phil Magness: Reagan Tax Cuts & the Inequality Myth
(12:46) Deficits: Reagan, Bush, and the Clinton Exception
(14:43) The $40 Trillion Debt Problem
(20:52) The China Shock & Rust Belt Labor Shifts
(34:41) Tariffs: Trump's Liberation Day & Historical Echoes
(49:08) Reindustrialization & the Post-COVID Economy
(1:05:36) Culture, Commerce, and Morality
(1:11:43) Closing Statements
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New Guard Press Wins Student Journalism Award for Best Editorial & Opinion
WILMINGTON, Del. – New Guard Press is proud to announce that it is the recipient of the 2026 Student Journalism Award for Best Editorial & Opinion bestowed by ISI’s Collegiate Network. New Guard Press is an online magazine founded in 2023 that publishes commentary from young conservatives.
“I am very grateful to ISI and the Collegiate Network for this award,” New Guard Press founder Bradley Haley said. “Our contributors and editors are some of the most thoughtful young conservatives in the country, and I am proud of the work they have produced over the past year.”
From “The Reason America Needs Route 66” to “Beyond Friedman?” our team of young writers are dedicated to articulating a positive vision for the future of conservatism, and we congratulate all of our contributors, editors, and support staff on this award.
“Each year, Collegiate Network recognizes student publications whose work demonstrates exceptional quality and originality. New Guard Press has consistently distinguished itself through thoughtful, incisive editorial writing and commentary that reflects a serious engagement with the ideas and issues shaping our culture,” Collegiate Network Executive Director Marlo Slayback said in a statement.
In 2024 New Guard Press joined the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s Collegiate Network and later that year was awarded their New Publication of the Year Award.
More about New Guard Press: Founded in 2023, New Guard Press is an online magazine by and for the young Right. New Guard Press publishes cultural and political commentary from college students and young professionals all across the nation, and New Guard Press’s mission is to chart a course for American renewal. New Guard Press’s flagship program is the Chesterton Media Fellowship, which pays college students and recent grads over a six-month period to produce commentary and journalism featured in well-known conservative outlets. In October 2026, New Guard Press launched its first podcast: The Long March hosted by Breccan Thies. This series features conversations with conservative leaders about how the Right can reclaim institutional power.
Want a career in journalism?
@By_Christina (Hillsdale '26) is a Collegiate Network Fellow at @realDailyWire, where she meets with @michaeljknowles every day.
A year in a real newsroom for seniors and recent grads. $75,000 stipend.
Last night we kicked off the 2026 Collegiate Network Editors Conference on ISI’s campus in Wilmington with the annual Campus Journalism Awards Ceremony.
Student editors from across the country came together to celebrate the year’s best campus journalism, with honors for investigative reporting, commentary, criticism, features writing, photography, design, and multimedia. The evening also included the presentation of the William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Outstanding Campus Reporting, which goes to the paper whose work best shows fearless, rigorous journalism.
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners. Thank you to our awards committee, Daniel McCarthy, Christopher Caldwell, Gabby Orr, and Brandon McGinley, for reviewing this year’s entries.
This weekend, editors are in hands-on sessions with working journalists on photojournalism, design, managing writers, news writing, and the SPJ Code of Ethics. More to come.
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@ThinkerChicago posted a clip of Sen. Elissa Slotkin calling for the prosecution of young Republican staffers as a way to dissuade them from pursuing careers in government and conservative work.
Her remarks likely would have gone unnoticed without The Thinker’s reporting.
Since the clip went up, multiple senators and members of Congress have condemned the comments as abhorrent.
ON UCHICAGO CAMPUS: U.S. Senator from Michigan Elissa Slotkin hopes planned political prosecutions of republican leaders will scare young conservatives from getting involved in politics.
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ISI is proud to be a host partner of The Forum 2026, where the conservative movement comes together to discuss the ideas, policies, and strategies that will shape America’s future.
Nov. 10-12 | National Harbor, MD
Register with code TFISI
What did Genghis Khan have to do with Christopher Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic?
At the University of Dallas's annual Columbus Day Lecture, James Bell explored the historical forces that shaped Columbus's voyage in "Columbus in the Shadow of Genghis Khan."
ISI was proud to sponsor this opportunity for students to study the origins of Western Civilization!
In just two weeks, ISI will welcome renowned legal scholar @JonathanTurley to our Wilmington campus.
Join us on Wednesday, October 28, for a reception, keynote, and Q&A, followed by a signing of his New York Times bestseller, Rage and the Republic.
Under 35? Save $50 with code UNDER35.
Seats are going fast:
🎟️ isi.org/event/an-evening-wit…
Has Big Tech Actually Made Free Speech Better?
@robbysoave argues that social media and independent platforms have created a flourishing of political speech.
@SohrabAhmari pushes back: concentrating major media platforms in a few hands is still “an enormous amount of power.”
ISI is pleased to welcome renowned legal scholar @JonathanTurley to our Wilmington campus on October 28.
Join us for an evening of conversation on the state of the American experiment and what's at stake for the country ahead of the midterms.
Space is limited. Reserve your seat today:
🎟️ isi.org/event/an-evening-wit…
Do Big Tech companies have too much power over ordinary Americans?
@SohrabAhmari argues that Americans have lost the institutions that once gave them leverage against concentrated corporate power.
@robbysoave pushes back: Big Tech has expanded our choices, and today’s dominant platform may be irrelevant tomorrow.
Are oligarchs running America?
@SohrabAhmari and @robbysoave debate whether concentrated wealth and corporate power have undermined American democracy, or whether America’s supposed “oligarchs” are simply successful entrepreneurs competing for influence.
Moderated by @LeahLibresco.
Watch the full "Fault Lines" debate 👇
(0:00) Intro
(0:45) Has Oligarchy Destroyed American Democracy?
(1:32) Sohrab Ahmari: The Case Against Oligarchy
(7:23) Robby Soave: The Case Against the Oligarchy Thesis
(11:33) Are Oligarchs Running America?
(37:28) Corporate Power & Market Oligopolies
(56:54) Crypto, Money & Elections
(1:06:54) AI & the Concentration of Power
(1:16:28) Closing Statements
(1:27:24) End
Do America’s allies actually make it stronger?
@CurtMills argues that alliances like NATO expand Washington’s ability to project power abroad without necessarily benefiting ordinary Americans.
@Phillip_Blond argues the opposite: the more America retreats from its alliances, the more its power and economic position are diminished.
Watch their exchange from "Fault Lines" 👇
This past weekend, ISI students gathered at the Tepeyac Retreat Center for a weekend seminar exploring “The Moral Imagination in the Modern Age: Flannery O’Connor and Russell Kirk on Storytelling.”
Led by professors Andrew Mitchell of Grove City College and Jerome C. Foss of Saint Vincent College, students spent the weekend reading and discussing the works of O’Connor and Kirk and considering the role of storytelling and the moral imagination in shaping how we understand the world.
The beautiful grounds located outside Pittsburgh, PA provided a fitting setting for a weekend of learning, fellowship, and fun. Between seminars, students enjoyed reading outdoors, playing football, and continuing conversations beyond the seminar room.
Here are a few moments from the weekend!
Is empire really the problem?
@CurtMills argues that America’s wars and overseas commitments have distracted its leaders from the well-being of ordinary Americans.
@Phillip_Blond agrees with much of the diagnosis but argues the real problem isn’t empire. It’s liberal hegemony.
Watch their full exchange from "Fault Lines" 👇