Politics

The Importance of “Yes”

As First Things launches our spring fundraising campaign, I invite you to man the ramparts with us. Please join us in speaking that first word, the one that will shape the future. Continue Reading »

10 Jun 2022

Fly-Casting Before D-Day

by George Weigel

Dwight Eisenhower did not think of politics as performance art. Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2022

Letters

by Various

Cassandra Nelson’s “A Theology of Fiction” (April) is a welcome intervention and advance in an ongoing conversation that, as Nelson herself notes, I’ve been invested in for some time. Nelson’s attentiveness to the work of Sr. Mariella Gable—and her related readings of a series . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2022

Regime Change, American Style

by Christopher Caldwell

The Watergate scandal began in 1972 with a burglary of the Democratic Party’s headquarters and ended with the resignation of Richard Nixon two years later. Almost as soon as Nixon had left Washington, the politicians, lawyers, and journalists who had rallied to oust him began recording for . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2022

A Political Awakening

by Mark Bauerlein

George Leef joins the podcast to discuss his recent novel, The Awakening of Jennifer Van Arsdale: A Political Fable For Our Time. Continue Reading »

26 May 2022

What Happened in the French Election

by Theodore Dalrymple

Macron was legitimately elected in the sense that there was no fraud to account for his victory, no constitutional rules broken. As representative of the people’s hopes or wishes, Macron has little legitimacy; and yet he has immense power. Continue Reading »

27 Apr 2022

The Politics of American Christianity

by Mark Bauerlein

George Yancey joins the podcast to discuss his book, One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America. Continue Reading »

21 Mar 2022