Nathaniel Peters

John Tierney warns in today’s New York Times that some scientists are entering the political fray offering more political arguments and fewer well-reasoned, scientific ones. Dr. Roger Pielke Jr., a professor at the University of Colorado, argues this in a recent book, The Honest Broker . He . . . . Continue Reading »

In 2004, Archbishop Timothy Dolan gave our annual Erasmus Lecture entitled “The Bishops in Council” on the history of the American Catholic episcopate, the topic of his doctoral research. Click here to read the article. . . . . Continue Reading »

The young adults group of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York has organized twenty-four hours of confession at various parishes in New York. From 7:00 AM Friday, March 6 to 7:00 AM Friday, March 7 at at least one parish in the city a priest will be on hand to hear confessions. If you’re . . . . Continue Reading »

Looking through our archives today I was delighted to find Alan Jacobs’ “review” of Kahlil Gibran’s Collected Works . If you could use a good chuckle, give it a read . Here’s the beginning: Expansive and yet vacuous is the prose of Kahlil Gibran, And weary grows the . . . . Continue Reading »

“Abba Poemen said to Abba Isaac, ‘Let go of a small part of your righteousness and in a few days you will be at peace.’” — Becoming Fire: Through the Year With the Desert Fathers and Mothers . . . . Continue Reading »

Portsmouth Abbey, the renowned boarding school in Rhode Island, is hosting its first annual Portsmouth Institute conference entitled “The Catholic William F. Buckley Jr”: Speakers will include Buckley’s son, author Christopher Buckley, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, New . . . . Continue Reading »

It’s not a shtick from a Danny Kaye movie, but a real theological question: Given his depiction in Scripture, is it impossible that God is impassable? I was reading a collection of writings of the Fathers last night and came across a great answer from Origen. When the Scriptures speak about . . . . Continue Reading »

Our friend Matt Lickona writes, “My first thought on seeing this photo of T-Bone Burnett at the Grammys (standing behind Allison Krauss and Robert Plant) was: How did Jody Bottum make it onstage at the Grammys?” . . . . Continue Reading »

Younger readers of First Things should consider applying for the annual Tertio Millenio Seminar, held this year in Krakow from June 29—July 16. The seminar features the scholarship and instruction of writers such as Russel Hittinger, George Weigel, and Michael Novak with a curriculum built . . . . Continue Reading »

Recently I’ve been discovering more of the Blues—chiefly in its incarnate form, B.B. King. In the late 1980s, U2 wrote “When Love Comes to Town” for King and played it with him multiple times on tour. The song tells a very Christian story of redemption within a typical blues . . . . Continue Reading »