Betsy DeVos and the Bishops
by Thomas G. GuarinoBetsy DeVos is reforming the process for handling campus rape accusations. The Dallas Charter—the guidelines for dealing with priestly sexual abuse—is in similar need of reform. Continue Reading »
Can Moral Monsters Make Good Movies?
by Peter J. LeithartShould we really despise certain movies simply because they're made by despicable men? Continue Reading »
Scam Artists and Sex Education
by Carl R. TruemanModern sex education keeps plunging society into deeper problems—and it keeps proposing as the solution more and more of the same. Continue Reading »
Consent and Louis C. K.
by Leah Libresco SargeantWe can best chasten and instruct sexual predators by approaching sex with not only responsibility, but reverence. Continue Reading »
The Roy Moore Train Wreck
by John MurdockRoy Moore should step out of the Senate race in order to focus on the state of his family and his soul. Continue Reading »
The Truth About Dogs
by The EditorsThe First Things Podcast, Episode 33. Featuring: Leah Libresco Sargeant on Harvey Weinstein; Rusty Reno, Matthew Schmitz, and Julia Yost on man’s best friend; and special guest Lucy Reno. Continue Reading »
Who Should Teach Your Kids—Harvey or Hildebrand?
by Carl R. TruemanIf any good has come from Weinstein’s crimes, it is that the champions of sex as recreation are being forced to contradict their own philosophy. Continue Reading »
How Vulgarity Normalizes Predators
by Leah Libresco SargeantThe more we embrace vulgarity and the breaking of taboos as liberating, the more predators will flourish. Continue Reading »
The Truce of 2005?
by Richard John NeuhausIn his influential book The Courage to Be Catholic, George Weigel wrote about the “The Truce of 1968.” By that is meant the decision not to discipline the many theologians and priests who, in a public and concerted campaign, rejected the teaching of the 1968 encyclical on human sexuality, . . . . Continue Reading »
Editorial: The Corruption of the Would-Be First Estate
by The EditorsThe fourth estate now considers itself to be the first estate, and not without reason. In public affairs at least, the press has aspired to replace not only what used to be the first estate, the clergy, but also the nobility and the commons, the last presumably representing the people. In the . . . . Continue Reading »
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