Philip Vayntrub

Philip Vayntrub is a history major who serves as the Editor-In-Chief of the Wren Journal as well as the President of the College Republicans.

Boringly, W&M Students Applaud Murder

Philip Vayntrub

It’s strange to be on a campus that openly cheers for murder, but it’s stranger still that Luigi Mangione’s popularity is really no surprise at all. Students are garnering hundreds of upvotes on anonymous social media posts as they celebrate the killing of Brian Thompson, but what’s of actual note about it is that they don’t ...

Anarchy: Why Modern ‘Values’ Fail

Philip Vayntrub

Once upon a time, there was such a thing as virtue. It towered above all the lands and all the people; it was firm, resolute, and beloved. Classical and then Christian, the virtues not only maintained society, but breathed life into it. Emanating authority, truth, and goodness, virtues were the standard of righteousness that every ...

A Letter from the Editor: The Rebirth of the Wren Journal

Philip Vayntrub

There is a new journal on campus, or rather, an old one. The Wren Journal first came into existence in 2021, promising a paper that stood on the same bedrock principles that made our civilization glorious: moral conviction, free expression, and a bold pioneering spirit determined to settle a grand future. The Wren Journal broke its ...