Good News from an Independent Bookshop

by John Byron Kuhner

Our customers want tried-and-true classics. They know there is a whole world of great literature to explore, and they’d like to start sooner rather than later.  Continue Reading »

20 Aug 2024 0

Tim Walz, Progressive Lutheran

by Robert Benne

Walz, the first Lutheran to run for vice president, is indeed as progressive as the church to which he belongs.  Continue Reading »

20 Aug 2024 0

Winners of the Inaugural First Things Poetry Prize

by Micah Mattix

One of the judges called the winner a “sonically and symbolically” rich poem that investigates both “predatory sight and visionary insight” in the figure of owls at night. Continue Reading »

19 Aug 2024 0

God and the Rock Climber

by R. R. Reno

At its most intense, trust involves giving responsibility for something precious and essential to the other. Continue Reading »

16 Aug 2024 0

Hagar and Ishmael as Main Characters

by Peter J. Leithart

Every detail of Hagar’s experience foreshadows Israel’s future. Continue Reading »

16 Aug 2024 0

Localism: Our Last Best Hope?

by John Duggan

Localism remains one of our last best hopes. Continue Reading »

15 Aug 2024 0

Repurposing the Catholic Campaign for Human Development

by George Weigel

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development has paid, if indirectly, for anti-Catholic political activity. Continue Reading »

14 Aug 2024 0

Lessons from Beer Halls

by Mark Perkins

Every school can make beauty a higher priority, and those that can build genuine landmarks should do so.
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13 Aug 2024 0

Our Newest American Monument Is a Masterpiece

by Gerald P. Boersma

Sabin Howard’s masterpiece will insist—with new stridence appropriate to our forgetful age—“We will remember.” 
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12 Aug 2024 0

VP Nominee Tim Walz Supports the Right to Infanticide

by Charles C. Camosy

The fact that aiming at the death of newborns is now routine in Western NICUs is yet another indicator of our repaganizing. Continue Reading »

9 Aug 2024 0