The June 2026 Chronicles “Building the Court of Thomas” is online and available for subscribers. In our lead feature this month, Sen. Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) explains the importance of courage in evaluating judicial nominees, especially during our present constitutional moment: chroniclesmagazine.org/view/… Mark Paoletta (@MarkPaoletta) elaborates on the profound impression Clarence Thomas has left on the judiciary by remaining anchored in his originalist jurisprudence: chroniclesmagazine.org/view/… Stephen B. Presser reviews Justice Barrett's ‘Listening to the Law’: chroniclesmagazine.org/revie… Mark Judge (@markgjudge) reviews Mollie Hemingway’s new biography of Justice Samuel Alito: chroniclesmagazine.org/revie… Chronicles Editor-in-Chief Paul Gottfried warns conservatives not to over-celebrate the Supreme Court’s recent overturning of racial redistricting: chroniclesmagazine.org/edito… Dr. Lane Scott (@LaneSmithScott) remembers the soon-to-be beatified Bishop Fulton Sheen: chroniclesmagazine.org/remem… Paul du Quenoy (president of the @PalmInstitute) reviews Olivier Assayas's ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’: chroniclesmagazine.org/revie… Alexander Riley (@AllThingsRhap) reviews ‘Inevitable Differences,’ by J.E.R. Staddon: chroniclesmagazine.org/revie… And, Daniel McCarthy (@ToryAnarchist) reminds conservatives of the enduring relevance of James Burnham: chroniclesmagazine.org/colum… Those features, along with book and film reviews, and more, are in the June issue, available in full for subscribers here: chroniclesmagazine.org/2026/… Support our work and subscribe to Chronicles here: chroniclesmagazine.org/subsc…

From Russia With Boredom: The Wizard of the Kremlin Fizzles Out Olivier Assayas’s ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ is less ‘Red Dawn’ and more red yawn. Paul du Quenoy (president of the @PalmInstitute) writes for the June issue of Chronicles: chroniclesmagazine.org/revie…

Hollywood Elites Get Their Comeuppance from YouTubeWood A pair of independent Gen Z directors is giving out-of-touch Hollywood elites a run for their money. Noel Yaxley writes for Chronicles Online: chroniclesmagazine.org/web/h…

Elite Overproduction and Higher Education Recent outbursts of derision at American commencement ceremonies at the mention of AI are a reaction to the failure of our society to prepare young people for new realities. Clifford Angell Bates, Jr. writes: chroniclesmagazine.org/web/e…

Chinafornia Dreamin’ How Jerry Brown transformed California into China’s vassal state, and Democrat plans to descend the climate curtain across the country. Lloyd Billingsley writes for Chronicles Online: chroniclesmagazine.org/web/c…

Ellroy Now, More Than Ever Although the new James Ellroy novel, Red Sheet, is set in the past, it is perhaps timelier than ever, given the nature of the cold war with China. Paul F. Petrick writes for Chronicles Online: chroniclesmagazine.org/web/e…

Shooting at Presidents There’s nothing new about eccentrics trying to assassinate the President. Those who failed are almost completely forgotten. Roger D. McGrath writes for the June issue of Chronicles: chroniclesmagazine.org/colum…

Vance is Right to Call Out the West’s Self-Hatred After Henry Nowak’s murder, can Britain break free of its crippling white guilt? Matt Boose (@matt_boose) writes for Chronicles Online: chroniclesmagazine.org/web/v…

The idea that everyone to the right of Commentary’s current positions on social and moral issues is somehow an “America-hater” is an absurd and novel view—even for @Commentary. Paul Gottfried writes for Chronicles Online: chroniclesmagazine.org/web/r…

After Henry Nowak’s murder, can Britain break free of its crippling white guilt? My latest at @ChroniclesMag chroniclesmagazine.org/web/v…

What Makes Clarence Thomas Great Clarence Thomas has left a profound impression on the judiciary by remaining anchored in his originalist jurisprudence. Mark Paoletta (@MarkPaoletta) writes for the June issue of Chronicles: chroniclesmagazine.org/view/…

Check out "chroniclesmagazine.org/web/p…" Pope Leo is badly misjudging this moment, in American politics and the world’s, writes @ToryAnarchist Daniel McCarthy.