First Things RSS Feed - Herbert London https://www.firstthings.com/author/herbert-london en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:56:17 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/herbert-london 60 The Death of Superman https://www.firstthings.com/article/1993/03/the-death-of-superman https://www.firstthings.com/article/1993/03/the-death-of-superman Mon, 01 Mar 1993 00:00:00 -0500 The man of steel, the one who routinely saved the planet from the ravages of evil invaders, is dead. Superman is gone. Future generations will grow up not knowing “It’s a bird, it’s a plane . . . it’s Superman!” Last November, Superman was killed by Doomsday, a villainous escapee from a cosmic insane asylum.

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]]> The Case for Educational Retrenchment https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/05/the-case-for-educational-retrenchment https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/05/the-case-for-educational-retrenchment Wed, 01 May 1991 00:00:00 -0400 It is virtually axiomatic in higher education circles that the more money spent on the educational enterprise the better the results. Although just what “better results” might mean is often left unclear, the nexus between money and quality education is rarely subject to challenge. The word most deplored by academics and administrators is “retrenchment,” a term that inspires fear and loathing.

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]]> Ecotastrophe Again https://www.firstthings.com/article/1990/06/ecotastrophe-again https://www.firstthings.com/article/1990/06/ecotastrophe-again Fri, 01 Jun 1990 00:00:00 -0400 The drumbeat for apocalypse can once again be heard in the media. Almost two decades after the publication of The Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome scenario that predicted ecological catastrophe, the WorldWatch Institute has picked up the mantle of leadership in the discredited field of what I have euphemistically called “millenarian studies.”

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