Chronicles Magazine

For almost 40 years, The Rockford Institute has published its leading monthly magazine, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. Under the direction of editors Chilton Williamson, Jr., Scott P. Richert, and Aaron D. Wolf, Chronicles has been a strong advocate for Western Christian values. This unique magazine strives to reach and influence those in positions of power. A significant portion of its readership—about one-third—holds advanced academic degrees and includes a diverse group of individuals such as authors, filmmakers, university educators, teachers, homeschooling parents, business leaders, government analysts, journalists, religious figures, and politicians. Patrick J. Buchanan, a former presidential candidate, praised Chronicles as “the toughest, best-written, and most insightful journal in America.” One venture capitalist mentioned that Chronicles is more effective than all investment newsletters in anticipating social and cultural shifts, while a bestselling thriller author noted it as “the magazine I read first.” In March 2000, the Chicago Tribune highlighted, “There are few magazines as intellectually stimulating as Chronicles.”

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The Man Crisis and ‘Iron John’ at 35

3 days ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Mark Judge

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the publication of poet Robert Bly’s massive bestseller and ’90s cultural phenomenon, Iron John: A Book About Men. Although it’s not mentioned much these days, Iron John deserves a re-evaluation in the face of today’s apparent man crisis. According to reports, men in 2025 are lonely, isolated, and suicidal. They’ve lost their purpose in life.
Engaging With the Culture Must Be the Future of Conservative Media

5 days ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Mark Judge

I really wish I could stop reading the Sunday New York Times. The political content is pure communism, but it’s the arts coverage that lures me in every week. A recent Sunday edition of the Times offered stories about a new film honoring Nat King Cole, a review of a documentary about the lives of ballerinas, a fantastic profile of the British band Pulp, and an interview with Mia Threapleton, an actress in the new Wes Anderson movie The Phoenician Scheme.
Michael Avenatti is Apologizing to Everyone—Except Brett Kavanaugh - Chronicles

1 week ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Mark Judge

At a recent resentencing hearing, disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti did his best to try and sound contrite. He named the people he has scammed, extorted, and stolen from, including makeup celebrity Michelle Phan and a quadriplegic man. However, there was one name missing in Avenatti’s mea culpa: Brett Kavanaugh.
Is the U.S. Vulnerable to a Drone Sneak Attack?

1 week ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Adam Mill

The first ironclad battle between the Union and the Confederacy resulted in the instant obsolescence of the wooden “ship of the line.” The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor demonstrated the supremacy of the aircraft carrier over the battleship. A short while ago, Ukraine’s sneak attack using pre-positioned drones marked a similar leap for gaining momentum and supremacy in battle.
Everything You Don’t Care to Know About ‘Your Friends and Neighbors’

1 week ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Auguste Meyrat

Given its premise and trailer, one could be forgiven for thinking that the AppleTV+ series, Your Friends and Neighbors, is a thriller or dark comedy. An unfairly maligned hedge fund manager, Andrew Cooper, commits white-collar crimes while fooling everyone around him about his identity? It seems the perfect role for the debonair, articulate, and virile Jon Hamm, who masterfully played an advertisement executive in Mad Men and a formidable criminal villain in Baby Driver.
Trump Should Take Note of Italy’s Cultural Strides

2 weeks ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Paul du Quenoy

President Trump inaugurated his personal chairmanship of Washington, D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by attending a performance of Les Misérables this week. While he was there, I hope he considered looking to Italy for ways to further his administration’s mission to bring political balance to America’s performing arts.
Senator Fetterman Humiliated in Wife’s New Book about ‘Radical Tenderness’

2 weeks ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Mark Judge

It happens near the end of the book. Gisele Barreto Fetterman, the wife of Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.), had just spent more than 200 pages making the case in Radical Tenderness: The Value of Vulnerability in an Often Unkind World that people need to cry, to express their needs, to open up, and show their soft spots in this cold and hard digital and political world. We also need to treat others with more love and tenderness. Then it happens.
What Happens if Russia Nukes Ukraine?

3 weeks ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Adam Mill

We live in dangerous times. Ukraine’s attack on the Russian strategic bomber fleet would have started a nuclear exchange 50 years ago during the Cold War. Strategic nuclear assets because they are meant to influence the balance of power without being used. According to some reports, the Russians cannot easily make up these losses. Its strategic position has been degraded.
Florida Delivers a Stunning Defeat to DEI

3 weeks ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Paul du Quenoy

Cheers rang out from Key West to Pensacola and around the nation Tuesday when the Florida state university system’s Board of Governors voted 10-6 to reject former University of Michigan president and DEI fanatic Santa J. Ono’s candidacy for the presidency of the University of Florida. Ono, who curiously was the only finalist advanced by the search committee for the job, came with their unanimous recommendation on May 4 and was unanimously approved by the university’s Board of Trustees on May 27.
‘Bring Me Water’: An Appreciation of the Editor’s Art

3 weeks ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Mark Judge

Adam Bellow is the best editor I’ve ever known. I say that in the first sentence because the editors who shaped and guided my career as a journalist over the past 40 years would tell me to get to the point—to not, as James Wolcott once wrote, “spend a lot of time warming up.”So yes, Adam Bellow was my best editor. Adam is the son of Saul Bellow, arguably the greatest American novelist of the 20th century.