Walter Russell Mead discusses the crisis of faith in higher education, what German cars have to do with right-wing populism, why the United States Navy is mothballing its submarine sinkers, and how abortion politics have changed one year after Dobbs on his podcast, What Really Matters.

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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)