The Editors

Elizabeth Scalia wonders if “good faith” can still be assumed : t is now nearly unwatchable in its partisan hackery, but there was a time when I rarely missed Hardball with Chris Matthews. From the late 1990s to the early-aughts, the program regularly brought together a diverse and . . . . Continue Reading »

Ben Stevens on how the LGBT movement ignores the the fundamental realities of modernity : If you have paid any attention at all to the current and ever-livelier dialogue between the LGBT movement and the Christian community, you have no doubt heard the question being asked of Christians everywhere: . . . . Continue Reading »

Nathaniel Peters on the Catholic Case for Protestant Hymns : Should Catholics sing hymns at Mass? Given the state of Catholic liturgical music, it’s a fair question. In the last century, Catholics exchanged their musical solid food for milk—usually skim and on the edge of going sour. . . . . Continue Reading »

Russell E. Saltzman on a strident strength : In Paul’s eschatology, Christians living at the Lord’s return will be swept up in Christ and the dead in fact will be the first to participate in the grand trumpet-call summons to resurrection. “Console one another,” Paul laconically . . . . Continue Reading »

George Weigel on how religious freedom is not just a problem in Pakistan and China : Thirty-some years ago, I spent a fair amount of time on religious freedom issues; which meant, in those simpler days, trying to pry Lithuanian priests and nuns out of Perm Camp 36 and other GULAG islands. Had you . . . . Continue Reading »

Matthew Cantirino on Mark Levin’s baffling Ameritopia : Ameritopia , a work of pop-political theory by talk radio host Mark Levin, has been riding high atop the New York Times bestseller list for the past several weeks. The book, as Andrew McCarthy recounts in an extended essay/review . . . . Continue Reading »

R.R. Reno on the First Things “After Liberalism” Seminar : On February 27th and 28th some twenty scholars, as well as First Things editors and assorted auditors, met to discuss the question of whether liberalism has a future—and what comes after liberalism. Three essays served . . . . Continue Reading »

Peter J. Leithart on heroic business : To many Americans, business appears to inhabit a morally murky world where good is evil and evil good. I’m not talking about sweatshops, bribery of government officials, or cooking the books. Even the normal norms of business seem, to many, to violate the . . . . Continue Reading »

In the first of two reviews of the Oscar-winning film,  A Separation , Eve Tushet considers the impossibility of divorce : An older man I know once remarked that in his experience, there wasn’t much point in arguing that divorce was wrong. What he’d come to believe was . . . . Continue Reading »

George Weigel on the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II : On February 6, Queen Elizabeth II marked her diamond jubilee, an achievement that Great Britain will celebrate throughout 2012. I am not a monarchist, but I’ll happily join in saluting the Queen, who embodies several qualities that are in . . . . Continue Reading »