Graduating college seniors and recent graduates are invited to apply for the First Things junior fellows program. The junior fellows work closely with the editors to produce the magazine and its website.The one-year, full-time fellowship (which is normally extended to a second year) includes . . . . Continue Reading »
Here is the latest evidence of the clash between contemporary human rights norms and traditional religions. Last week, the UN’s Committee on the Rights of the Child reported on the Vatican’s compliance with an international treaty, the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention, which virtually every UN member, including the Holy See, has ratified (though not the US), lists universal rights of children, including the right to be protected from discrimination; the right to be free from violence, including sexual abuse; the right to health and welfare; and so on. Continue Reading »
America’s image abroad, the disputed ’50s, and more daily articles of interest. Continue Reading »
C. S. Lewis once offered advice to a soon-to-be-married man on why he ought to avoid masturbation. But his rationale speaks to celibate Christians as well. Continue Reading »
I don’t find myself at home on either side of the great divide Pat Deneen claims to find in orthodox American Catholic thought today. But I still think it’s good to be both a Catholic and an American. Continue Reading »
My friend Stephen Barr misunderstands me, I’m afraid. He writes, in defense of Charles Krauthammer, thatit is a truth accessible to reason unaided by divine revelation that human beings have a spiritual nature, in the sense of being rational and free and having a soul that is not reducible to . . . . Continue Reading »
Is marriage the problem or is poverty the problem? Continue Reading »
The Netflix series “House of Cards” is a warning about what life might look like in a world without Christian principles, and it is not pretty, even if it is riveting drama. Continue Reading »
Postmodern conservatives observe that the main threat to liberal or genuinely higher education these days comes not from political correctness but from “disruptive” libertarianism. Continue Reading »
Reformed believers need to overcome the identity of “exiles from the mainline.” We’re Evangelicals now. Continue Reading »
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