Archive
More than thirty years of First Things articles at your fingertips.
Please note that some of our content may not be available on this web archive at this time. If you cannot find a specific article, please contact us.
Articles
Two Birds on a Christmas Tree
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,...
More Than a Journal
In 1990, my husband and I were married by Richard John Neuhaus. Also in 1990, he founded a little journal called . . . First Things. How often, these days,...
Why the Left Won’t Condemn the October 7 Rapes
In 2015, Columbia University was in an uproar over Ovid’s Metamorphoses, which was, at the time, required reading for the freshman class. The classic Roman myths include tales of...
At Princeton, the Ugliness Is the Point
Once upon a time, when you turned off Route 1 onto Washington Road, you knew you were approaching a rare and wonderful place. A long avenue flanked on both...
The Sad Fate of Girls’ Schools
On a leafy street in Carnegie Hill, in the heart of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, sits the Nightingale-Bamford School, founded in 1920 by Miss Nightingale (joined later by Miss...
Woman, Heal Thyself
The Church of England isn’t sure what a woman is. “There is no official definition, which reflects the fact that until fairly recently definitions of this kind were thought...
Jesus the Carpenter
My husband and I recently left the city after a lifetime on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Following in the footsteps of Chip and Joanna Gaines, or better yet, Cary...
Give My Regards to New York
I came to be an actress, or something like that. I stayed to raise a daughter. Along the way, I grew up and lived a life. New York, I...
Blame It on W
This article is coming soon… if you need the text for time-sensitive research or reference, please contact support
Grim Tales
For the past two years, I have been the head “Library Mommy” at my daughter’s private nursery school. The children tell me what books they have or have not...
The Loss of the Family Story
This article is coming soon… if you need the text for time-sensitive research or reference, please contact support
Getting Real
This article is coming soon… if you need the text for time-sensitive research or reference, please contact support
On Marrying, Again
This article is coming soon… if you need the text for time-sensitive research or reference, please contact support