Activism

First Things is a Beacon

We sit halfway between academia and the public square, trying to merge the best of both. With your help, we can continue. Continue Reading »

22 Dec 2020

Ahistorical Activism

by Sohrab Ahmari

Today’s iconoclasm fails to uphold any permanent ideals against which the past or the present might rightly be judged. Continue Reading »

25 Jun 2020

Notre Dame Students Against Porn

by Jim Martinson

Despite student wishes, Notre Dame has refused to implement an anti-porn Wi-Fi filter. Continue Reading »

16 May 2019

A protest isn’t only a way to gauge the strength of feeling or strength of numbers on a side; it is also a way of judging character. A person on the other side, or who hasn’t made up his or her mind on an issue, observes a protest and asks: “If they win, what would it be like to live in a community in which their side is ascendant?” Continue Reading »

3 Feb 2017

Letters

by Various

Protesting, Trans Crash, Gnoschtick, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2017

An Open Letter to My Liberal Friends

by Solveig Gold

I spent yesterday scrolling through your photos, coming to the painful realization that nearly every woman I know is not only pro-choice—I’ve known that for years—but proudly pro-choice: so proud that you will happily parade your pro-choiceness all over the world and proclaim it on all of your social media pages, as if it were a positive good. Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2017

Phyllis Schlafly and the Conservative Movement

by Mary Ellen Bork

Phyllis Schlafly, who died on September 5, was the bane of feminists: a one-woman powerhouse of articulate conservative political positions, who relentlessly defended faith-and-family issues from liberal onslaughts. Continue Reading »

7 Sep 2016

Saints Marching in the Streets

by Jordan Zajac

As the Republican National Convention gets underway, and anxiety mounts over protests and public safety in Cleveland, it’s worthwhile to reflect on Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati’s brand of political activism. Continue Reading »

15 Jul 2016

The Camera and the Sandwich

by George A. Tobin

The late Sam Kinison, an incomparably loud and invariably offensive comedian, once delivered a comedy routine about famine. He remarked that whenever he sees heart-rending scenes of famine victims he wonders, “How come the film crew didn’t just give the kid a sandwich? How come you never see . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 1992