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Abandonment of Truth (ft. George Weigel)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, George Weigel joins in to discuss his recent book, Pomp, Circumstance, and Unsolicited Advice: Commencement...
The Department of Education May Be Gone, Finally
News came out last week that the Trump administration is stepping up efforts to dismantle the Department of Education. We’ve already seen a large number of staff reductions in the...
A Cancellation in San Jose (ft. Elizabeth Weiss)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Elizabeth Weiss joins in to discuss her recent book, On the Warpath: My Battles With...
Self-Help from the Ancients (ft. Michael Fontaine)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Michael Fontaine joins in to discuss his recent book, How to Have Willpower: An Ancient...
The Jewish Foundations of the West: New and Notable Books
In the introduction of Jewish Roots of American Liberty, a new collection of essays and documents edited by Wilfred M. McClay and Stuart Halpern, McClay declares that the Jews...
Western Civilization and Augustine (ft. Chad Pecknold)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Chad Pecknold joins in to discuss his recent book, Fire on the Altar: Setting Our...
Charles Murray Comes to God (ft. Charles Murray)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Charles Murray joins in to discuss his recent book, Taking Religion Seriously. The conversation is...
The Charisma of the Leader (ft. Molly Worthen)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Molly Worthen joins in to discuss her recent book, Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History...
The Problem of Population Decline (ft. Georgina Kiss-Kozma)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Georgina Kiss-Kozma joins in to discuss her work with the Youth Research Institute in Budapest....
The Church’s Answer to the World (ft. Carter Griffin)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Fr. Carter Griffin joins in to discuss his recent book, Forming Families, Forming Saints. The...
Screen-Obsessed and Isolated: New and Notable Books
As readers of First Things well know, more and more examinations of the threat of technology to common humanity are appearing in print, along with appreciative studies of a...
Where Is God in The Lord of the Rings? (ft. Douglas Estes)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Douglas Estes joins in to discuss his recent books, Theology and Tolkien: Practical Theology and...
The Art of the Proof (ft. J. Jacob Tawney)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, J. Jacob Tawney joins in to discuss his recent book, Another Sort of Mathematics: Selected...
Prisoners, Princes, and Exorcists: New and Notable Books
On April 23, 1975, Pope Paul VI appointed Nguyen Van Thuan coadjutor archbishop of Saigon in South Vietnam. One week later, communists from the north entered the city and took...
The Question of Suicide
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Martin Lockerd joins in to discuss his recent book, Suicide in Modern Catholic Literature. The...
