Everything Is America
The editors discuss Trump’s renaming craze and its implications for international politics, the decay of academia in…
Unmaking Machiavelli’s Modernity
In his Apologia ad Carolum Quintum, English cardinal Reginald Pole claimed that Thomas Cromwell told him in…
AI Child Porn and the Libertarian Lie
On August 25, Judge John Z. Lee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit…
Government’s Sex Abuse Hypocrisy Comes Due
I worked in senior staff positions in Catholic dioceses for twenty-seven years. For nearly all of them…
A Great Teacher and a Welcome Manifesto
Reluctant as I am to fiddle with the U.S. Constitution, I’m willing to consider an amendment banning…
The Monstering of Evangelicalism
I had been working in journalism for about two years when Donald Trump announced his candidacy in…
Wendell Berry’s Eternal Story
Ten years ago, an editor at Penguin approached me to ask if I would like to edit…
The End of Populism?
Have you noticed the recent flood of commentaries and articles in the mainstream media dwelling on why…
Winners of the Third Annual First Things Poetry Prize
We are pleased to announce the winners of the third annual First Things Poetry Prize. Forester McClatchey…
How Politics Ruined the Classroom
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Neil Gross joins…
The Meaning of 1776
On the night he was elected president, in November 2008, Barack Obama addressed a throng in Chicago…
William Lane Craig and Evangelicalism’s Trinitarian Deficit
William Lane Craig has recently caused some consternation by saying he does not confess the faith of…
Natalism Will Smash the Gerontocracy
Life expectancy has increased in the U.S., rising a decade since 1950 and three decades since 1900.…
The Hyperreal Dolly Parton
Before her song “I Will Always Love You” became a Whitney Houston hit, Dolly Parton was a…
Of Things and Devices
In this episode, Brad Littlejohn joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his…
