Mary Rose Somarriba

You must have seen the headlines this week. “Virginity Pledges Don’t Stop Teen Sex.” “Premarital Abstinence Pledges Ineffective, Study Finds.” Or how about this one: “Virginity Pledges Fail to Trump Teen Lust in Look at Older Data.” But William McGurn at . . . . Continue Reading »

In an excellent Wall Street Journal essay surveying Catholic politicians who have converted from pro-life to pro-choice, Anne Hendershott writes: For faithful Roman Catholics, the thought of yet another pro-choice Kennedy positioned to campaign for the unlimited right to abortion is discouraging. . . . . Continue Reading »

Today on our homepage you’ll find Michael Novak’s final essay on complementarities, following his pieces on Science and Religion an d Man and Woman , published earlier this month. Enjoy! . . . . Continue Reading »

If you’ve enjoyed Amy Julia Becker’s Daily Article today , you’ll love her piece from our November issue, ” Babies Perfect and Imperfect .” . . . . Continue Reading »

Congratulations to FT contributor, Gerald Russello, whose book The Postmodern Imagination of Russell Kirk has been named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2008 by Choice, the leading book review publication. Read Russello’s piece on the occasion of Russell Kirk’s ninetieth anniversary . . . . Continue Reading »

So we’re back to reality : Pretty much nothing good came out of the Holocaust. . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s an atheist who thinks Africa needs Christianity to survive. But then, as it seems , Christianity needs Africans to survive, at least in some parts of America. . . . . Continue Reading »

I was wondering about this: Since Obama put off going to church on Sundays ever since he was elected, what was his plan for when Christmas rolled around? Surely it would be hard to skip the monumental holiday, but it would also likely be difficult to choose a last-minute parish to attend when . . . . Continue Reading »

Today on our homepage you’ll find the second essay by Michael Novak of his three pieces on complementarities to be published on First Things online; the others are Science and Religion , published earlier this month, and Truth and Freedom, to come in the next few weeks. . . . . Continue Reading »

To our readers from all of us at First Things : Merry Christmas ! . . . . Continue Reading »