Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC)

Published October 1, 2026 The Catholic Thing In his new book, A Catholic Guide to Being Human, Dr. John Grabowski offers a reminder that the term “person” is more freighted with theological implications than we often consider. Identifying and unpacking those implications is the first step toward answering what is, perhaps, the greatest question of our age: What does it mean to be human?

September 30, 2026 (Washington): In a just-released piece in The Washington Post, EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen lays out a new model for predicting midterm elections. The model suggests Democrats will take control of the House with a majority of at least 225 seats—and perhaps as many as 232. Olsen writes that applying “the model today yields a prediction of 225 Democratic seats. The RCP generic ballot average on Wednesday morning put Democrats ahead by 8.3 points.

Published September 30, 2026 Washington Post Most analysts think Democrats will win control of the House five weeks from now, but there is plenty of disagreement about how many seats they’ll have when all is said and done. The answer may be staring us right in the face. This week, I set about reverse engineering the past three midterms using generic congressional ballot polling. I expected the analysis to be fruitful, but even I was surprised by just how predictive it turned out to be.

Published September 30, 2026 National Catholic Register The now-ubiquitous terms “reproductive health” and “reproductive freedom” have contributed mightily to a slaughter of the innocents in these United States. The death toll from that massacre is now greater than the estimated 60 million civilian lives erased by area bombing, genocide, starvation, and disease during World War II. If the victor of D-Day, Dwight D.

Published September 28, 2026 PDF On September 28, 2026, EPPC Scholar Rachel N. Morrison submitted a public comment to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on its proposed rule to modernize and streamline the federal-sector equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaint process that is administered and enforced by the EEOC. This process involves federal employees’ and applicants’ employment discrimination claims under Title VII and related statutes against their agency employers.

Published September 21, 2026 National Review ProPublica recently attempted to trick the public with a misleading article titled “Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled.

Published September 18, 2026 National Review George F. Will recently came out in support of Senator Darline Graham’s opponent, radical pediatrician and failed House candidate Annie Andrews. Clearly, his antipathy for Donald Trump is motivating his position (perhaps combined with a similar antipathy for Graham’s late brother).

Published September 2026 National Affairs Countries around the world have taken significant steps in the last year to treat children differently than adults on the internet. Australia’s social-media age limit for users under 16, for example, went into effect in December; the United Kingdom passed a similar measure this summer. New Zealand and other nations are weighing age restrictions.

Published July 28, 2026 Conservative Crossroads Should conservatives abandon their opposition to increasing taxes, or should they retain the long standing policy? Here to argue in the affirmative that they should abandon that is Oren Cass, founder and Chief Economist of American Compass and here arguing against changing course and continuing to oppose tax increases is Grover Norquist, founder and president and CEO of Americans for Tax Reform. Henry Olsen This week on Conservative Crossroads.

Published September 23, 2026 PDF On September 23, 2026, EPPC scholars Rachel N. Morrison and Eric Kniffin submitted a public comment on the Department of Education’s proposed rule updating its general administrative regulations. Among the proposed updates, the Department would add merit-based requirements for grantees, including states, and carry the merit requirements into the selection criteria for discretionary grants.