The End of the Beginning of the End of Abortion
by Hadley ArkesThe decision today in the Dobbs case, long awaited from the Court, can be appreciated—and savored—as a resounding first step. Continue Reading »
What Comes After Roe
by Gerard V. BradleyDobbs is a decisive turning point on the road to securing an equal right to life for every human being, in the womb and out of it. It is the end of the beginning of the greatest civil rights struggle of our time. Continue Reading »
Roe Overturned
by R. R. RenoBy overruling Roe, the Court has done the country a great service. We are relieved of the scandal—moral, legal, and political—that was the Roe/Casey order, under which our most fundamental law was interpreted as endorsing a right to kill the unborn. Continue Reading »
SCOTUS Rules for Religious Schools
by Charles L. GlennWe welcome the Supreme Court's explicit recognition that faith-based schools that retain a strong distinctive mission must not be punished for it. Continue Reading »
A Diverse Communion of Believers
by Liel LeibovitzUnder R. R. Reno’s leadership, First Things has achieved the very difficult distinction of bringing timeless truths into conversation with contemporary preoccupations without compromising either. Continue Reading »
The Art of St. Joseph
by Mark BauerleinElizabeth Lev joins the podcast to discuss her recent book, The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art. Continue Reading »
What Fulton Did for Religious Freedom
by Mark RienziWhile it was a major victory for religious freedom, there is still more work to be done. Though further changes may come soon, Fulton has proven to be a big step in the right direction. Continue Reading »
Tom Hanks Gets Empathy Wrong
by Carl R. TruemanIn declaring that it is inappropriate for a straight actor to play a gay man on screen, Hanks negates the importance of the shared humanity that makes him empathetic in the first place. Continue Reading »
Recycling the Same Old Same Old
by George WeigelThose demeaning John Paul’s intellectual and moral heroism in a lame attempt to defend the Liquid Catholicism that has proven an evangelical failure everywhere are examples of intellectual exhaustion and evangelical cowardice in the face of woke cultural aggression. Continue Reading »
Putin’s Post-Stalinist Project
by Roberto de MatteiIn Putin’s proposal, the transcendent dimension of religion is absorbed by the political, reversing the primacy of religion over politics that has always characterized the spiritual tradition of the Christian West. Continue Reading »
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