Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Brave New World Revisited
H. G. Wells was a tiresome socialist, but an interesting futurist. One of the best books I…
Free Speech Prevails at Princeton
This is a time of testing for our nation. We were already in the midst of dealing…
Liars Go to Hell
Writing in the Los Angeles Times three decades ago, the author S. J. Taylor claimed that “the…
Against Doomerism
Over the last month First Things has been blessed by an outpouring of support. Many readers have…
On Comments
Dear First Things readers, We have an active community of readers who comment on our web articles. In the…
What We’ve Been Reading—June 2020
R. R. Reno Editor Eugene Vodolazkin’s first novel, Solovyov and Larionov, is his most recently translated. It’s a…
Witnessing Martyrdom
To walk south from Rome along the Via Appia is to follow in the footsteps of Saint…
A Call To Conversion
When I first watched the video of the confrontation that ended Ahmaud Arbery’s life, I did not…
The Cat Jeoffry, on Smart
For I will consider my Man Christopher.For he is shut in a box, and betimes scratchesAt the…
Homeschoolers and Ideologues
Harvard professor Elizabeth Bartholet’s attack on homeschooling is the kind of argument that would, if a few…
Common Sense For America
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Philip K.…
All Will Be Well
We watched the Italian tragedy unfold. Medical professionals worked heroically; many became ill and a few died.…
Communion for the Great Dismal Swamp
Is it a violence to take the knife to the loaf? This redemptionhas a split crust and…
The “Historic” Amazonian Synod, Revisited
Given that he was one of the principal planners and prominent leaders of last October’s special Synod…
Apostles Dead and Risen
Christian piety and art have often concentrated on the physical pain of Jesus’s torture, trial, and death.…
