Arts & Letters
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The Moral Significance of Modern Food
The French sociologist Émile Durkheim took moral questions very seriously. The descendant of seven generations of rabbis,…
Clinging to God and Grammar
In times past, progressive politicians described those they despised as clinging to “God and guns.” I suspect…
E Pluribus Who?
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Samuel Goldman joins the…
Vaccine Passports for Churches?
A church in Calgary, Alberta, has announced that when in-person services resume next month, all attendees over…
Vatican Diplomacy Making a Difference
This past June 25, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States—usually dubbed the…
Questioning Vaccine Mandates
The COVID vaccines have hardly ameliorated our disagreements over public health policies. Instead, they have made our…
Salute to a Country Songwriter
One morning, when I was six or seven years old, my mother told me that she would…
A Work of Intricate Threads
Certain things live in the memory. It’s 1980. The Los Angeles summer is hotter than the fire…
Rancher Rebels
Chosen Country:A Rebellion in the Westby james pogue henry holt & co., 304 pages, $28 At a…
For Pope Francis, the Mass is the Message
Traditionis Custodes, Pope Francis’s recent motu proprio, is not principally about the right to offer the Holy…
Abortion in Malta
Malta is one of the last countries in the world where abortion is illegal, but pro-abortion activists…
Verses for the Visitation
Translator’s note: The Western Church historically observed the Feast of the Visitation on July 2. In 1544, the…
A Reminder of Ultimate Realities
By the time you read this post, I will no longer be working at the First Things…
The DeLauro Democrats and the Bishops
At 1 p.m. EDT on June 18, it was announced that three-quarters of the U.S. bishops had…
Cardinal Pell at Eighty
Fifteen months ago, it looked as if Cardinal George Pell might spend his eightieth birthday in prison.…
