Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC)

Published August 10, 2026 National Review The rise of “Third Worldism” rightly has conservatives apprehensive. While there’s some debate as to its cause — is it mass migration or dining-hall Maoism — it’s worth bearing in mind the great historian Paul Johnson’s take on the phenomenon when it was still largely confined to the Third World: the mischief wrought by the professional politician.

Published August 6, 2026 National Review Now that Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will be making the charge of Israeli genocide a centerpiece of the midterms, it’s helpful to have a powerful and compact reply ready to hand. That reply is provided by Michael Mandelbaum, the Christian A. Herter Professor Emeritus of American Foreign Policy at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Published August 14, 2026 Brussels Signal European elites have surely had their fill of US President Donald Trump and his dismissive attitude towards America’s traditional allies. The rise of an insurgent left within the Democratic Party might leave them wishing the MAGA right retains power. Europeans are used to a Europhile Democratic establishment holding sway within America’s other major party.

August 13, 2026 (Washington) – A new report on gender dysphoria released today by the Department of Health and Human Services and co-written by Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) scholars exposes medical fraud and reveals the shocking ways the medical industry profits from sex-rejecting procedures for minors. Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, Director of EPPC’s Bioethics, Technology, and Human Flourishing Program, and Rachel N.

Published August 13, 2026 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released a report Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of “Gender Medicine,” a commissioned report examining insurance coding practices, perverse financial incentives, and the provision of sex-rejecting procedures for minors.

Published August 13, 2026 First Things Darel Paul’s excellent First Things article on the Jason Arday scandal pinpoints a number of the problems now rife in academia, problems that I can attest are so well-established that, were they not so immoral, one might call them “venerable.” The rot goes back decades. Thirty years ago, I was on faculty at one of the U.K.’s elite Russell Group universities.

Published August 13, 2026 New York Post Clementine Breen was only 14 years old when she underwent a double mastectomy. Breen was put on puberty blockers at age 12 after she expressed discomfort with her changing body and started questioning her sex. By 13, with the help of the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, she was on testosterone, chemically altering her body to resemble a boy.

Published August 12, 2026 The Washington Post Progressive Democrats’ impressive string of primary victories has increased talk that the left’s most prominent non-geriatric figure — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) — should run for president in 2028. That would amount to a major gamble with her bright political future. But if she really wants to be president, she should do it anyway. Becoming president is something like two parts skill and one part luck.

Published August 11, 2026 PDF On August 11, 2026, EPPC Scholar Rachel N. Morrison testified before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at a Commission hearing regarding a proposed rule that would rescind regulations requiring employers to report data on their employees’ race and sex.

Published August 10, 2026 First Things Here’s a simple, biblical truth: We’re never as smart as we think we are, and we’re never as wise as we need to be. The best intentions can have unintended consequences. I remembered this recently when a friend shared a chart posted on X by Ryan Burge. Burge is an interesting voice. He’s a talented political scientist, statistician, and former Baptist pastor.