Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
When I Met Christ
They had taken my watch, so I don’t know what time it was when I began to…
Why the 2018 “Gerber Baby” Choice is So Important
Each year, Gerber, the baby food manufacturer, holds a “cute baby” photo contest, the winner of which…
The Burdensome Myth of Romantic Love
A collection of Einstein’s letters auctioned off in 1996 contains a list of marital expectations for his…
The Eschatological Hope of Bearing Children
Stop bearing children.” So says one of a cadre of new environmental voices decrying the dangers of…
Cyber Self-Harm
On August 2, 2013, fourteen-year-old Hannah Smith of Leicestershire, England, hanged herself and was found dead by…
Remembering Zion
I offer a frigid smile any time people go into nostalgic raptures about the benefits of memorizing…
