Making Immigration A Little More Serfy

by Pete Spiliakos

The post-1960 wave of immigration didn’t save Detroit, but would we have been better off if the government told immigrants what cities they could live in?   Continue Reading »

26 Jan 2014 0

Carl’s Rock Songbook

by Carl Scott

Hello, First Thoughtsters! One of the things I’ll be carrying over from my blogging for Postmodern Conservative, now that it’s been incorporated into First Thoughts, is “Carl’s Rock Songbook.”What is the Rock Songbook?It is a series of posts, each of which focuses on a . . . . Continue Reading »

25 Jan 2014 0

Upcoming Events Roundup — 1.23.14

by J. David Nolan

Two events in the coming days, one in New York and one in Texas Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2014 0

Too Christian to Excite the Left, Too Foreign to Excite the Right

by Mark Movsesian

Here’s a great piece by the Week’s Michael Brendan Dougherty on the persecution of Mideast Christians. Doughtery offers an explanation for why the human rights community in the West is largely ignoring the problem: Western activists and media have focused considerable outrage at . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2014 0

Hygienic Relics

by Kevin Staley-Joyce

NPR reports that a Swiss company is one of several firms offering the bereaved the chance to transform their loved ones’ ashen remains into diamonds as postmortem keepsakes. In three months’ time, using the standard industrial techniques to create synthetic diamonds, the company . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2014 0

First Links — 1.24.14

by Matthew Cantirino

Surprising colonial missionaries, monks in Kiev street battles, and more daily articles of interest. Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2014 0

Can There Be Ted Cruz Democrats?

by Pete Spiliakos

Over on twitter, Sean Trende points out that since 2000, in forty-nine competitive Senate races, the Republican Senate candidate has run ahead of the Republican presidential candidate in only fourteen. The astute Dan McLaughlin wrote that this  was a “staggering indictment” of the . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2014 0

Marriage Policy Isn’t Enough

by Andrew T. Walker

There’s no simple “fix” for marriage. . . . Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2014 0

The February Issue

by B. D. McClay

The February issue of First Things has been live for a little bit now, but you might have missed it in all the website changes. But since the February issue is very good, that would be a shame. Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2014 0

Hearing the God of Job

by Carl R. Trueman

David F. Wells’ new book offers those of us who are Christians with a touch of pessimistic absurdism in our souls some provocative thoughts on the future of conservative Protestant Christianity. Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2014 0