Family

A selection of recent articles on this topic

The Art of Living

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn joins the podcast to…

9/11, Afghanistan, and the Next War

Joseph Mahoney

Twenty years after the carnage of 9/11, I find myself troubled with the nation I have fought…

Two Cheers For The Texas Heartbeat Act

Josh Hammer

We have seen a tremendous amount of misinformation, disingenuousness, and unjustified hysteria this week in response to…

Where Education Is At

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. David Steiner joins the…

What We’ve Been Reading—August 2021

The Editors

Hunter McClureJunior Fellow It is a great shame that W. H. Auden’s long poem The Age of…

Maximilian Kolbe: Saint of Nagasaki

Kevin M. Doak

St. Maximilian Kolbe, whose Feast Day is celebrated on August 14, is known as the “Saint of…

Refounding Social Science

Aaron Kheriaty

The Quick Fix:Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Illsby jesse singal farrar, strauss and giroux, 352 pages,…

Ten Things I Learned from the Pandemic

James Hankins

I learned the following ten lessons about democratic society from the pandemic. Some of these things I…

Atomized Moms

Mary Harrington

Mom Genes:Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct by abigail tuckergallery books, 336 pages, $28 On…

Culture of Competition

Randy Boyagoda

Little Platoons: A Defense of Family in a Competitive Age by matt feeneynbasic books, 303 pages, $28   Were…

Hating Our Own Species

David Alton

C. S. Lewis loved the animal kingdom. In his space trilogy, he missed no opportunity to demonstrate…

War Cries in Cuba

Carlos Eire

The military junta that rules Cuba has just received a great shock. For the first time since…

Roe Must Go

Robert P. George

Lynn Fitch, the attorney general of Mississippi, faces the most consequential litigation decision of the last 50…

Tending the Borderlands

Ephraim Radner

This article first appeared in the June/July 2021 print edition of First Things. I shall search for a garden…

To Know That the Lord is God

Paul R. Hinlicky

The God of the Old Testament:Encountering the Divine in Christian Scriptureby r. w. l. moberlybaker academic, 304…