Conservatism
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Nationalism Will Save the West
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Yoram Hazony joins in…
How to Prevent an Act of Terror
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Alan Dershowitz joins in…
The Imperative of Reconsolidation
We often fail to recognize how deeply the traumas of the early twentieth century shaped American political…
The King and the Swarm
The printing press did not just change how people shared information. It changed the normative patterns of…
A Primer on Neo-Reaction
Xenosystemsby nick landpassage, 338 pages, $39.95 I read Nick Land’s Xenosystems on a sunny afternoon in California…
Is America a Creedal Nation?
All civilizations, like all individuals, have flaws. The Christian civilization of Church and empire had flaws. America,…
L.A. and Elon
The editors discuss the immigration riots in Los Angeles, and Donald Trump’s feud with Gavin Newsom. Then…
Glenn Greenwald Is Not a Victim
In a scene from the 1961 British neo-noir film Victim, four gay men are having a conversation…
Saving Christian Europe
Christianity made Europe,” Georges Bernanos writes in The Great Cemeteries Under the Moon. “Christianity is dead. Europe…
Fukuyama Gets Strauss Wrong
Francis Fukuyama lacks self-knowledge. On June 4, he republished excerpts from Leo Strauss’s 1941 lecture on “German…
A Catholic Fix for American Higher Education?
Why are so many American colleges and universities in crisis? Drew Gilpin Faust, an accomplished Civil War…
The Hour for a New Humanism | 2025 D.C. Lecture
In this episode, First Things brings you the recording of the 2025 D.C. Lecture presented by Carl Trueman.…
Getting Foreign Aid Right
Rhetorical restraint is not prominent in Washington these days. Given the volatile personalities involved and the escalatory…
How to Commemorate 1776
Next year is America’s 250th anniversary, and President Trump has promised us a “spectacular birthday party.” The…
The Persistence of Ideology
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Daniel J. Mahoney joins…
