Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Roe v. Wade Derangement Syndrome
The defense of the indefensible often leads to a kind of derangement in otherwise rational people. That…
From the Heart of a Young Father
Bishops get a lot of unsolicited mail from strangers, some of it pleasant, some of it much…
Heresy at a Jesuit College
On Easter Monday, Inside Higher Education, an online trade paper covering academia, published an article about a…
Of Books and Baseball
I’m grateful to the editors of First Things for the invitation to take up this column, which…
Notes from the Sibling Society
The “snowflakes” problem is not really a snowflakes problem: It is the result of an absence not…
A Tradition Unlike Any Other
If you tune in to CBS at 2 p.m. on the second Sunday of April, you will…
Diversity and Meritocracy, Together
Do our elite universities prize academic merit? Or are they more concerned to achieve diversity? Most of…
The Slow and Steady Shrinkage of the Humanities
Last month, I wrote in the magazine about how the humanities are shrinking at research universities through…
America’s Quiet Carnage
America is all too content with its carnage. Especially the subtler kinds. Especially the carnage inside. A…
Decline is a Choice (Partly)
Ross Douthat is right to say that the decline of the Oscars was overdetermined—but the rapidity, extent,…
Holy Madness
Surely somewhere in Emile Durkheim or Max Weber is a reflection on religiosity and March Madness. The…
Poland’s Baby Bump
In 2015, Poland’s conservative Law and Justice Party proposed a plan called “500+ Families,” which would give…
Dynamics of Disembodiment
In this series, the First Things junior fellows share mini-essays on their current reading endeavors. Connor GrubaughAssistant Editor Most…
The Call to Gift
This text is adapted from the funeral homily for Don J. Briel, professor at the University of…
My Protestant Oscar Predictions
I make a point of never watching the Oscars. If I want to waste four hours of…
