What’s Love Got to Do with Transhumanism?

by Wesley J. Smith

Transhumanism operates under the mistaken belief that intelligence is “the most precious and powerful resource in existence.” Continue Reading »

23 Jun 2017

Our Outdated Debates

by Jessica Keating

Thanks to modern technology and transhumanism, our familiar forms of argument about abortion are becoming obsolete. Continue Reading »

22 Jun 2017

The Right and the Youth

by Pete Spiliakos

To win back the youth vote, the Republican Party will have to do much more than find a fresh voice to say the same thing. Continue Reading »

22 Jun 2017

The Sporting Spirit

by Matthew Schmitz

First Things brings a sporting spirit to the intellectual life—a willingness to sweat, a belief in fair play, and the desire to win. Continue Reading »

19 Jun 2017

Is Calvin Among the Liberals?

by Peter J. Leithart

In his effort to apply Calvin's political theory to liberalism, Matthew Tuininga comes up short. Continue Reading »

16 Jun 2017

Protecting the Public Square

by Veery Huleatt

Jane Jacobs knew that, without ordinary people, their ordinary loves, and their often-extraordinary faith, the public square is an inhospitable and even dangerous place. Continue Reading »

16 Jun 2017

Hate Has a Home

by Carl R. Trueman

As long as “hate” remains the principal bogeyman in our moral imagination, Mill's harm principle is useless.
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15 Jun 2017

Flag Wavers

by John Murdock

Like Flag Day, Christian environmentalist and “Earth Flag”-creator John McConnell may never get his due. Continue Reading »

14 Jun 2017

Way beyond the New Atheist Nonsense

by George Weigel

Some of the great fathers of modern science were Catholic priests—proof that faith and reason can exist in harmony, as they still do today. Continue Reading »

14 Jun 2017

The Future of First Things

by R. R. Reno

America is at its best when our political secularism finds inspiration and grounding in a culture deeply informed by religious belief. Continue Reading »

13 Jun 2017