Gary Saul Morson on Suicide of the Liberals
by R. R. RenoGary Saul Morson joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the October 2020 issue, “Suicide of the Liberals.” Continue Reading »
Camille Paglia, Contra Mundum
by Mark BauerleinThe Claremont Review of Books has granted First Things readers free access to Mark Bauerlein's latest essay. Continue Reading »
The Failure of the Conservative Intellectuals
by David RandallAn intellectual doesn’t have to play that particular game. He can think and write about art or anthropology; contemplate Euclid or Euthyphro; or even argue for what he takes to be the truth of politics, rather than seek out political victory. Continue Reading »
Trigger Warning!
by The Editors The First Things Podcast, Episode 9. Anti-feminist icons remembered (the late Phyllis Schlafly) and welcomed (special guest Midge Decter). PC campus culture debated.
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Union University, the CCCU, and Distinctly Christian Higher Education
by C. Ben MitchellCarl Trueman, our friend and brother at Westminster Theological Seminary, has critiqued Union’s departure from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) on the grounds that our relationship with the CCCU has been “really pragmatic and only very superficially theological.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Announcing New Multimillion Dollar Aid-for-Adjuncts Grant
by Stephen H. WebbIn what is being hailed as a revolutionary solution to the overpopulation problem of adjuncts in higher education, the Bench Foundation has announced a multi-year program called Aid-for-Adjuncts. The program is the result of a ten-year study of the rapid proliferation of part-time instructors in college, university, and seminary classrooms. For the first time, administrative centers will be established across America, helping school officials formulate proper guidelines for the use and abuse of adjuncts. Continue Reading »
Locating Narrative Body-Geographies in “U”. “S”. History
by Carl ScottSound like fun? Maybe they’ll talk about “alterity” also! KC Johnson at Minding the Campus (H/T Instapundit) takes a look at the program for the 2013 American Historical Association conference, especially at the priceless paper titles . Did you know that 1945-1965 “saw the . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl’s Rock Songbook #15: Rock’s Social Geography
by Carl ScottTo continue where we left off in Songbook #14, rock intellectualizing not only involves dismissal of the musically fine, but also of intellectually fine. It’s very activity demonstrates its ambivalence toward the core activity of the life of the mind, the wrestling with thinkers of first rank. . . . . Continue Reading »
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