Unlike baseball managers, writes Robert Patterson in the Washington Examiner , Republican leaders — “the same old roster of political consultants, think-tank policy wonks and losing-candidate types” — don’t get fired for failure. One reason they’ve . . . . Continue Reading »
I posted a review on the First Things website of Michael Voris’ “FBI: Homosexuality,” and it’s raised a few hackles in the com-box. My basic thesis is the Voris’ production is not really an effort in evangelism or apologetics, so much as it is an expression . . . . Continue Reading »
Hanna Rosin argued in the Atlantic last fall that the hook-up culture, far from harming women, is actually “an engine of female progress.” Some of the research she used to make that argument, however, does not support her thesis. The standard analysis of the hook-up . . . . Continue Reading »
Christopher Palko describes the conservative coalition at the March for Marriage : The March for Marriage had without a doubt the most racially diverse crowd that I had ever seen associated with a right-of-center political cause. On the Mall, you would hear Spanish being spoken behind you, an . . . . Continue Reading »
Richard John Neuhaus writing in the magazine after the funeral for Pope John Paul II, reporting “the state of the chatter”: Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires is high on every list. Known as an incisive thinker and intensely holy man living an austere life, it is held against him . . . . Continue Reading »
this point about social and parental pressure is really important: I say this as someone who married late, and since I wouldn’t want to have married anyone except my husband, I’m glad I waited. But as a general rule, you should err on the side of marrying early. By which I . . . . Continue Reading »
From Father Raniero Cantalamessa’s Good Friday homily at St. Peter’s: Despite all the misery, injustice, the monstrosities present on Earth, he has already inaugurated the final order in the world. What we see with our own eyes may suggest otherwise, but in reality evil and death . . . . Continue Reading »
This Easter I’m reflecting on how much ground we Evangelicals still have to recover in connecting our faith to the institutions of human civilization. We make this connection in a few isolated cases, especially marriage (as recent headlines have reminded us). But the empty tomb and the series of . . . . Continue Reading »
When Pope John XXIII was asked, “How many people work in the Vatican?” his response was, “About half.” via reddit . . . . Continue Reading »
Easter Sunday, the Obama family worshipped at St. John’s Church , across Lafayette Square from the White House. The audio recording of the sermon is not yet available on the church’s website, but you can read the press summary here . It seems in some way to be addressed to those . . . . Continue Reading »
Subscribe
Latest Issue
Support First Things
