Everyday Depravities

by Peter J. Leithart

The common, everyday, petty baseness of people is far more frightening than the most horrific fictional characters. Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2021 0

The Sacred Earthiness of Christmas

by George Weigel

The earthiness of Christmas proclaims and celebrates an enfleshed, divine savior, once an infant, who ennobles and transforms all the givens of the human condition. Continue Reading »

22 Dec 2021 0

Incarnation Transcends Myth

by E. J. Hutchinson

The Christian story is the true myth, making concrete, clear, and present what the pagans had perceived only dimly and distantly. Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2021 0

The Politics of Scapegoating

by Joshua Mitchell

As Christianity goes in eclipse, liberal citizenship is giving way to our primordial instincts. Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2021 0

Sacred Order in Social Order

by Bruce Riley Ashford

If We the People can recognize and respect the sacred order woven into creation’s design and into each human being, our democratic republic can flourish. Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2021 0

What Good Journalism Needs

by Dan Hitchens

Whereas bad journalism is easy—all you need is an internet connection and an instinct for what will make people furious—good journalism needs editors who can coax the best out of writers (and excise their worst). Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2021 0

Forming the Faithful in a Post-Christian Age

by Francis X. Maier

First Things relies on your help to pursue its mission. Mission runs on resources. So this Christmas, please support First Things with a financial gift. Continue Reading »

17 Dec 2021 0

Linguistic Violence

by Carl R. Trueman

Nominalism has won, and politics has thus become preoccupied with language. Continue Reading »

17 Dec 2021 0

Restoring Notre-Dame

by Samuel Gregg

The planned redesign of Notre-Dame de Paris’s interior is an atrocity that will turn the cathedral into little more than a Catholic Disneyland. Continue Reading »

17 Dec 2021 0

Brian Moore at 100

by John Wilson

There are so many books that are not “great,” but are still worth saving from oblivion, at least for the moment. Brian Moore’s work falls into this category. Continue Reading »

16 Dec 2021 0