Truth’s Many Triumphs

by R. R. Reno

As readers, you have signaled your support for First Things and our combination of spirited opposition to our wayward world with cheerful celebration of truth’s many triumphs. Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2023

Be Catholic First

by Daniel Lipinski

A former colleague of mine in Congress recently told me that he now describes himself as a nondenominational Protestant rather than an evangelical. His reason? He has met too many evangelicals who view their faith as serving their politics. He believes this subordination is not only . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2022

Made-For-TV Politics

by Philip Jeffery

The hearings of the January 6th Committee have flopped. Despite rave reviews from critics, audience reception has been tepid at best. Polling finds no indication that the hearings have changed anyone’s mind about January 6, 2021. Nor have the hearings resulted in any judicial action or big . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2022

Leaving the Party

by Daniel Ritchie

The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke, Volume IV:Party, Parliament, and the Dividing of the Whigs, 1780–1794 edited by p. j. marshall and donald bryantoxford, 608 pages, $200 In May 1791, six months after Edmund Burke touched off a pamphlet war with Reflections on the Revolution in France, a . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2016

The End of Democracy?

by David T. Koyzis

Social media tend to magnify the expansive self, encouraging participants to stake out a virtual identity within the ethereal territory of the world wide web: “This is who I am, like it or not!” “My political beliefs are part of my identity; to call them into question is to call my very identity into question.” Continue Reading »

8 Mar 2016