A Toast to Silence

by The Editors

The First Things Podcast, Episode 28. Featuring: Matthew Walther of the Washington Free Beacon, dispensing wisdom and champagne; and The Power of Silence, the new book by Robert Cardinal Sarah. Continue Reading »

23 May 2017 0

A Note on the Kentucky Decision

by Mark Bauerlein

The real issue at stake in Kentucky's religious liberty kerfuffle is not discrimination, but belief—a belief that will not bow to sexual progressivism. Continue Reading »

22 May 2017 0

“Decadent Poverty” at the First Things Gallery

by Alexi Sargeant

Approaching the paradox of the Passion in art. Continue Reading »

10 May 2017 0

Susan B. Anthony’s Contested Legacy

by Daniel K. Williams

Claiming Anthony for either side in the modern abortion debate is highly anachronistic. Continue Reading »

9 May 2017 0

A Strange Research Project

by Mark Bauerlein

A research center whose subject is religion doesn’t take seriously the actual religion of its subjects. Continue Reading »

8 May 2017 0

A Descriptivist Leaves her Stamp

by Mark Bauerlein

The old job of the dictionary to prescribe proper usage is over, say the lexicographers. How did we end up with these people in charge? Continue Reading »

2 May 2017 0

Conservatism’s New Terms

by The Editors

The First Things Podcast, Episode 27. Also featuring: Boston’s re-frocked priest; Pence’s rules; and the downsides of radical inclusion. Continue Reading »

17 Apr 2017 0

Uncovering Carnage

by Connor Grubaugh

Ending the devastation wrought by opioids in American communities requires us to acknowledge that the crisis exists. Continue Reading »

13 Apr 2017 0

Keep the Mighty from the Small

by Matthew Schmitz

Anna Stubblefield had dedicated much of her career to advocating for the “radical inclusion” of disabled persons—and given her principles, rape was the only way to do it. Continue Reading »

7 Apr 2017 0

What We've Been Reading—3.31.17

by Editors

Alexi Sargeant: I read Brian Tinsman’s The Game Inventor's Guidebook, a how-to for aspiring game designers, including lots of insider stories from the board game industry. Continue Reading »

31 Mar 2017 0