A Higher Education

by R. R. Reno

First Things reflects on sacred things out of a shared commitment to the authority of God's revelation. Continue Reading »

23 Jun 2017 0

What’s Love Got to Do with Transhumanism?

by Wesley J. Smith

Transhumanism operates under the mistaken belief that intelligence is “the most precious and powerful resource in existence.” Continue Reading »

23 Jun 2017 0

Our Outdated Debates

by Jessica Keating

Thanks to modern technology and transhumanism, our familiar forms of argument about abortion are becoming obsolete. Continue Reading »

22 Jun 2017 0

The Right and the Youth

by Pete Spiliakos

To win back the youth vote, the Republican Party will have to do much more than find a fresh voice to say the same thing. Continue Reading »

22 Jun 2017 0

Denying Transcendence

by Connor Grubaugh

First Things proclaims self-denial to a navel-gazing generation. Continue Reading »

21 Jun 2017 0

It's Howdy Doody Time!

by George Weigel

Father X’s insistence on turning parts of the Mass into the children’s hour bespeaks several problems. Continue Reading »

21 Jun 2017 0

The Transfiguration of Death

by Sebastian White O.P.

In Death Comes for the War Poets, Joseph Pearce poses anew the questions of life, death, and humanity that haunted the poets of the Great War. Continue Reading »

20 Jun 2017 0

Prejudice and the Blaine Amendments

by Philip Hamburger

The Supreme Court's longstanding indifference to the religious prejudice of the Blaine Amendments will soon be put to the test. Continue Reading »

20 Jun 2017 0

The Left Bank of the Rhine

by Edmund Waldstein

The death of former chancellor Helmut Kohl marks the definitive end of the post-war period in German politics. Continue Reading »

20 Jun 2017 0

The Sporting Spirit

by Matthew Schmitz

First Things brings a sporting spirit to the intellectual life—a willingness to sweat, a belief in fair play, and the desire to win. Continue Reading »

19 Jun 2017 0