First Thoughts

A Protestant's Passion for the Virtues of Thomas

Thomas Aquinas's careful distinctions can help clarify the precise nature of recent moral changes. Continue Reading »

When Opposing Laws Like Indiana's Costs Lives

Meet Mary Stinemetz Continue Reading »

First Links—4.1.15

Indiana: The Holy War of the Left
Rod Dreher, The American Conservative

James Rebanks: ‘Shepherding is Beautiful and Interesting'
Caroline Crampton, The New Statesman

The Angelus at Work
Nathan Schneider, America

Marilynne Robinson Confident About a Fourth Gilead Novel
Ron Charles, The Washington Post

The Catholic Writer in America

Dana Gioia may be best known to our audience for his essay in First Things last year entitled “The Catholic Writer Today.” The essay began with a dismaying regret that while 50 years ago one could scan the American literary scene and find Catholicism and Catholic writers playing a . . . . Continue Reading »