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One-Man Revolution

Jacquelyn Lee

The Forgotten Radical Peter Maurin:Easy Essays from the Catholic Workeredited by lincoln ricefordham, 864 pages, $34.95 In 1932, while covering a worker’s strike in Washington, D.C., Dorothy Day said...

A Reminder of Ultimate Realities

Jacquelyn Lee

By the time you read this post, I will no longer be working at the First Things office. Junior Fellows often stay at the magazine for two years, but...

Essentially Fertile: Notes Toward a Land Ethic

Jacquelyn Lee

In the decades since World War II, the U.S. has declared a war on poverty, a war on drugs, and a war on terror. All three of these campaigns...

In Gratitude

Jacquelyn Lee

Set a watch before my mouth, O Lord; and guard the door of my lips. Let not my heart incline to any evil thing.” Provided I’m not stuck late...