Today marks six months since the death of our friend, editor, and founder Richard John Neuhaus, who remains ever close in our thoughts and work at First Things .
Take a moment to visit to our memorial page —where you can find notable obituaries, web videos of Fr. Neuhaus, and a comprehensive list of his books—and the April 2009 issue , the issue we dedicated to his memory.
Notes on Anosmia
One morning several years ago, as my wife, Wendy, and I were having breakfast together, I had…
Empire of Unreality
Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985) was the author of three novels and two books of mordant dispatches from places…
The Dreadful Christ of Pär Lagerkvist
It’s dangerous to meet a god,” says the disgraced Pythia in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Sibyl. Her observation…