American Politics

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Wasted Time

Stephen Kampa

You’d think that after New Year’s boozy kisses,Back-slapping, and effusions in confetti,The last hors-d’oeuvres and passes at…

Viva Cristo Rey!

George Weigel

In the 1920s, when the United States had a quasi-Stalinist regime on its southern border, “Viva Cristo…

Evangelical Identity in an Age of Trump

Dale M. Coulter

With new books rolling off the presses, evangelicals continue to take stock of the age of Trump.…

Letters

Various

Protestant Paranoia? R. R. Reno confirms Samuel Gregg’s suspicion that First Things is tempering its embrace of…

Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds

James Matthew Wilson

Beyond the window, morning sparrows made Their song as if the whole world’s goodness paid Its plenty…

In Secular Saeculorum

Joshua Hren

If all the oughts and nots given by GodAre excommunicated from debate,Except in terms of conscience which…

Redemption Camp

Armin Rosen

The revelation is said to have occurred on Willoughby Street in Ebute-Metta, a slum on the Lagos…

Dispatches from Russia

Marcus Plested

Some little while ago, I found myself sitting in the grounds of the Danilov Monastery in Moscow,…

Historical Ignorance, Moral Arrogance

Marc Barnes

My generation tends to think of itself as the first generation to be moral, tolerant, decent, and…

Things Fall Apart

Peter J. Leithart

If the past few years are any guide, we’re in for a wild ride in 2018. From…

Bleeding for Britain

Peter Hitchens

I know not how it may be with others, but in Britain it is still rather enjoyable…

Censoring Christmas at the Bus Stop

Charlotte Allen

The Christmas-themed ad proposed by the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., to be placed on public buses…

In a World of “Authentic” “Journeys,” There’s Always First Things

Carl R. Trueman

One of the sad things about writing my annual contribution to the First Things end-of-year appeal is…

Trump is Letting Scientists Play God

Wesley J. Smith

President Donald J. Trump could care less about biotechnology. How else to explain his total failure to…

Martyrdom in The Last Jedi

Alexi Sargeant

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is an excellent addition to the Star Wars canon, precisely because it…