R. R. Reno

Suicide of the West:  How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy by jonah goldberg crown, 464 pages, $28 Jonah Goldberg exemplifies the decadence and dysfunction of today’s public discourse. According to his new book, the West . . . . Continue Reading »

Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony before the Senate on Thursday had little evidentiary weight, but it carried a powerful cultural charge. Continue Reading »

Theodore McCarrick has been stripped of his status as cardinal for pursuing young men throughout his clerical career. “­Uncle Ted” liked to take his “nephews” to bed with him. The public revelations of this fact evoked outrage. It was not so much that a churchman sinned as that he did so . . . . Continue Reading »

The current culture of the American episcopacy makes even good men incapable of rooting out the corruption in their midst. Continue Reading »

To outsiders, the proposal of communion for the divorced and remarried seems a modest adjustment. But it has provoked adamant resistance among the faithful because it throws in doubt the basic logic of the gospel. From her beginnings, the Church has known that the baptized, while born again in . . . . Continue Reading »

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Let’s head into the nomination process for Justice Kennedy’s successor with the words of a former president in mind: “Yes we can.” Continue Reading »

Matthias Storme and Diederik Boomsma join editor R. R. Reno to discuss the future of Europe. Continue Reading »

First Things is not a go-along, get-along movement. Continue Reading »

Editor R. R. Reno discusses the June/July print edition.  Continue Reading »