Anthony Sacramone

From C.S. Lewis, My Godfather , by Laurence Harwood, out soon from IVP: (1) Turn off the Radio. (2) Read all the good books you can, and avoid nearly all magazines.* (3) Always write (and read) with the ear, not the eye. You shd. hear every sentence you write as if it was being read aloud or . . . . Continue Reading »

It seems that the Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu, is a right cut-up . If he were a member of TEC, Bishop Jefferts Schori would no doubt announce that the clerical collar was church property and promptly take him to court—but not before declaring the archbishop’s rabbat officially . . . . Continue Reading »

So Martin Scorsese discovers three pages from a never-made Hitchcock film, entitled The Key to Reserva, and vows to make it as Hitchcock would have made it “back then,” only “now.” Funny, and more entertaining than 82 percent of what’s released into theaters . . . . . . . Continue Reading »

Welcome to our new blog, not to be confused with our ” On the Square ” daily article, which can still be found on the home page. This blog will be a group endeavor, with First Things staffers, writers, and friends commenting and contributing on a regular basis, supplying multiple daily . . . . Continue Reading »

On Saturday, November 10, at Gotham Hall in New York City, The Economist magazine will sponsor a debate that should be of great interest to our readers.The proposition: “Religion and politics should always be kept separate.”The participants:Barry Lynn and Irshad Manji (for the . . . . Continue Reading »

Astounded as I was by the phenomenal bestselling success of Rhonda Byrnes’ The Secret ¯gobsmacked by the sheer weight of its pages, the width of its margins, and the commodious depths of its solipsistic inanities¯I wondered: How can I cash in on the gullibility of the average . . . . Continue Reading »

An extended dialogue between biologist Richard Dawkins and Christian apologist Alister McGrath¯originally shot for Dawkins’ BBC documentary The Root of All Evil but never used¯ has surfaced on YouTube . (HT to the comboxes of Mere Comments , BTW. And, if the YouTube encounter . . . . Continue Reading »

As you may or may not remember, last week was Pledge Week . This week (or what’s left of it) is Still Another Pledge Week . . . week.Most such campaigns promise to send you some premium in exchange for a fat donation . We, on the other hand, promise not to send you any of the following items . . . . Continue Reading »

So my wife and I were moving and wanted to dispose of some bookcases that were past their use-by date. We had a bite on Craigslist, and the interested party came to our apartment to see if these essentially pine boxes with a remnant of veneer would do the trick. They were, in fact, exactly what she . . . . Continue Reading »

Behold, the redesign of our website has arrived¯at last! It now features:• Online-only subscription (as well as access to the most recent issues if you already have a paper subscription)• A new search engine , which enables you to distinguish between the magazine and the website when . . . . Continue Reading »