Jay Richards

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Jay W. Richards, PhD, is vice president of social and domestic policy and the William E. Simon senior research fellow in American principles and public policy at The Heritage Foundation.

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    Pope Leo’s Message in ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ Is One We All Need to Hear

    Jay Richards
    Pope Leo XIV‘s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” is perfectly timed. In the document, signed on the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s “Rerum Novarum,” the pope takes up the question that now looms over every sector of modern life: What happens to human dignity when artificial intelligence reshapes how we work, think, and relate to…
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    America Won’t Lose the AI Race for Lack of Ideas—but We Might Lose It for Lack of Compute

    Jay Richards
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    We Built the Statue: With AI, We Must Avoid the Pygmalion Delusion

    Jay Richards
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    Why Did President Trump Get an mRNA COVID-19 Shot? 

    David Gortler | Jay Richards
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    Protecting the Unborn Means Restoring Marriage and Family

    Jay Richards | Elizabeth Weiss
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    To Make American Healthy Again, the Country Needs a More Nuanced Farming Policy

    Jennifer Galardi | Jay Richards
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    A MAGA/MAHA Coalition Could Realign American Politics

    Jay Richards
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    Rikers Rape Case Shows Female Prisoners Are Voiceless Victims of Gender Ideology

    Jay Richards
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    UN Report Castigates Religion for Stymieing the Sexual Orientation-Gender Identity Agenda

    Grace Melton | Jay Richards
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    San Francisco’s Perverse Incentive to Identify as Transgender

    Jay Richards | Jamie Bryan Hall
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    Michigan’s Radical Proposition 3 Ballot Measure Would Go Far Beyond Just Codifying Roe v. Wade

    Jay Richards | Emma Waters
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    Did American Academy of Pediatrics Just Blink on ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ or Bluff?

    Jay Richards
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    Pride Month Jumps the Shark

    Jay Richards
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    Janet Yellen Is Wrong. Protecting Life Could Never Damage the Economy.

    Rachel Greszler | Jay Richards
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    UN Exploits Climate Change Concerns to Push Contraception, Population Control

    Grace Melton | Jay Richards
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    Biden Doubles Down on Radical ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Kids

    Jay Richards