The Cost of Communism

by Colin Dueck

The Victims of Communism Museum opened only last year after decades of thoughtful planning, and the care that went into the project shows. Visiting the museum is a powerful experience. Continue Reading »

4 Jul 2023 0

Cormac McCarthy’s Miracle

by Kris Dougherty

It is the presence of grace in Cormac McCarthy's dark stories that made him truly peerless. Continue Reading »

3 Jul 2023 0

Rooting Out the Weeds

by Megan Basham

First Things remains relevant by focusing on the eternal, not the fashionable. It is not merely conservative, but sound.  Continue Reading »

30 Jun 2023 0

The Pleasure of Walking

by John Wilson

I don’t walk as much (or as quickly) as I have for most of my life. Still, Wendy and I take a walk every day, weather and other circumstances permitting. I treasure these times. But I also like to read about walking. Continue Reading »

30 Jun 2023 0

Walking the Synodal Way . . . Off a Cliff

by Raymond J. de Souza

The Instrumentum Laboris is laborious indeed. Whether all that labor will be an instrument for anything other than more labor remains to be seen. Continue Reading »

29 Jun 2023 0

Addiction Is the Disease of Desire

by Michael W. Clune

The drug problem is a health crisis, but it is even more a spiritual crisis. To confront it, we need to recover an ancient truth about desire: I am not what I want. Continue Reading »

29 Jun 2023 0

Beauty Makes a Comeback

by Jeremy Wayne Tate

A new generation of artisans is being trained in classical methods to replace the sterile, joyless structures we’ve been stuck with since the 1960s. Continue Reading »

28 Jun 2023 0

A Laborious, and Vacuous, Instrument

by George Weigel

There is much in the Church in need of renewal and reform. The Working Document for the Synod on Synodality does not advance that cause. Continue Reading »

28 Jun 2023 0

Catastrophes in Ukraine

by Erik Varden

The drama unfolding in Ukraine is not just about a “special operation” fifteen months old. It spells the unraveling of a century-long alliance with force. Continue Reading »

27 Jun 2023 0

A Parallel Polis

by Inez Stepman

In a time when there is little cultural respite from the institutional advancements of the left, First Things is indispensable to the creation of the “parallel polis.” And your subscriptions and donations are indispensable to First Things. Continue Reading »

27 Jun 2023 0