Writing

For Maddy’s most recent writings, follow her on Twitter @madeleinekearns or at thefp.com. Below are some selected works.

2025

As Christians Are Slaughtered, the World Looks Away, The Free Press

Will New York Soon Make it Too Easy to Die?, The Free Press

How Catholicism Got Cool, The Free Press

How Did Having Babies Become Right-Wing?, The Free Press

2024

Detained Americans Face Another Christmas in the Gulag, The Free Press

Is a Foreign Adversary Flying Drones Over New Jersey?, The Free Press

Democrats Picked the Wrong Women’s Rights Issue, The Free Press

She Was Arrested for Praying in Her Head, The Free Press

The Young Catholic Women Bringing Back Veils, The Free Press

2023

The Cultural Vandalism of Re-writing History, The Telegraph

The Trans Fight at the New York Times, National Review

TERF Island, National Review

2022

Transgender and Women’s Rights Activists Clash as Lia Thomas Dominates Opening of NCAA Championships, National Review

Reefer Madness: Heavy use of cannabis can lead to psychosis, explain husband-and-wife psychiatrists, National Review

Children’s lives depend on parents’ rights: Trans ideologues want to hide your child’s problems from you, The Spectator World

2021

Baby Doomers: Why are couples putting the planet ahead of parenthood?, The Spectator (cover story)

The Impossible Genuineness of Dolly Parton, National Review

Big Dope: The alarming power of the cannabis industry, The Spectator World (cover story)

How the SNP wrecked Scottish education, The Spectator

Bring Back the Slap: On pigs, predators, and bullies, National Review

Lullaby in Birdland: Life is still a cabaret, The Spectator World

2020

Scotland Swaps One Blasphemy Law for Another, National Review

The Sex That Ruins Everything, National Review

The Beginning of Gender, National Review

Your Self on Goop, National Review

2019

Don’t Legalize Prostitution, National Review (cover story)

The Tragedy of the ‘Trans’ Child, National Review (cover story)

A Connecticut Girl Challenges Male Domination of Female Sports, The Wall Street Journal

American universities are fueled by amphetamines— so I tried them, The Spectator

Diary: Boris, heatwaves and Orange County, The Catholic Herald  

2018

Don’t Tell the Parents, The Spectator (cover story)

A Joker on Downing Street? (profile of Boris Johnson), National Review 

Are We Setting a Generation Up For Failure? (interview with Jonathan Haidt), National Review

Missing the Missive, National Review 

The Rage against Humor, National Review

2017

Safe spaces and ‘ze’ badges: My bewildering year at a US university, The Spectator (cover story)

Why I quit teaching this pitiful curriculum, The Daily Mail (cover story)