Our Electronic “Life”

by Micah Harris

The internet has undercut the market for real-world experience. While the price of experience has held steady—or nearly so—the internet has drastically reduced the price of information. Continue Reading »

21 Jul 2016 0

Another Ad Orientem Roundup

by Leroy Huizenga

A roundup of recent pieces of substance on the continuing controversy over Cardinal Robert Sarah's call for a return to the ad orientem posture. Continue Reading »

21 Jul 2016 0

Dispatches of a Microaggression Scout

by Clare Halpine

Welcome, everyone. I want to say a few things, in no particular order, as I don’t see hierarchy. Let me put my glasses on: 1. You belong here.2. This is a safe space. 3. No one is an expert; we are here to learn as we go. Before we get started, I’d like to ask you to fill out a privilege check. . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2016 0

The Impossibility of Equal Concern

by David T. Koyzis

While we may aspire to have equal regard for everyone without discrimination, in reality we are limited creatures with limited abilities. Our capacity for compassion is thus limited as well. Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2016 0

Pokémon Go and the Kindness of Strangers

by Alexi Sargeant

Every popular game has its naysayers, but a doom-and-gloom attitude is harder to justify when a game is pulling players out into the sunlight to discover the places and people around them—and to do some good deeds to strangers in the process. Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2016 0

Playing with Fire

by Carl R. Trueman

Putting LGBTQ history on the school curriculum is merely the symptom. The metaphysical foundations and significance of the new California history syllabus are much deeper and far more consequential than are its moral implications, whatever the Left or the Right might like to think.
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19 Jul 2016 0

Denunciation Overload

by R. R. Reno

Given the fact that the regular opinion writers for our nation's establishment liberal paper so often indulge in denunciation, I find it more than a little odd that everyone is hysterical about Donald Trump's intemperate rhetoric. Continue Reading »

18 Jul 2016 0

The Ten Commandments in the Courthouse

by Mark Movsesian

Displaying the Ten Commandments in American courthouses has become quite controversial. So why has no one objected in Queens, the most ethnically and religiously diverse place in the United States? Continue Reading »

18 Jul 2016 0

Introducing the First Things Podcast

by The Editors

Episode 1 takes you inside our August-September issue, and sorts through news and punditry. Trump's faith, “bigot-baiting” in Bakersfield, and the dehumanizing policies of Amnesty International are all on the agenda. Continue Reading »

15 Jul 2016 0

Ad Orientem Roundup

by Leroy Huizenga

A primer and links on the recent dustup over Cardinal Robert Sarah's call for a return to ad orientem posture. Continue Reading »

15 Jul 2016 0