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Our Top Articles of 2017
As the year draws to a close, here’s a look back at our most popular articles. Our…
In a World of “Authentic” “Journeys,” There’s Always First Things
One of the sad things about writing my annual contribution to the First Things end-of-year appeal is…
Your First Things Community
E. B. White begins Here Is New York, his much-celebrated 1949 ode to Manhattan, by remarking upon…
The Best of Both Sides
Here in the offices of First Things, we have to admit to an inconsistency. Many tracts against the…
What Does It Mean to Say “I Absolve You”?
This is the first in a series of reflections by Cardinal Müller on questions of present importance…
Our Witness to Freedom
It’s been a good year, a very good one. Subscriptions are up. We’re closing in on 30,000…
Self-Sacrificial Love in the Bioethics-Sphere
Kiss today goodbye And point me toward tomorrow. We did what we had to do. Won’t forget, can’t regret What…
The War on Poverty
We know that love is not a feeling. Many will tell you love is an act of…
Why the Humanities Must Remain Human (Or Die)
Recently, MoMA’s first poet laureate, Kenneth Goldsmith, received national attention for teaching a course at the University…
The Appomattox Compromise
On a “what if” radio program sixty years ago, I heard the newly inaugurated President Lincoln persuade…
Fewer Boys Is Better . . . for Boys
The numbers are clear. In 2015, females made up 56 percent of the undergraduate population in the…
The Battle Over the Museum of the Bible
One thing you’ve got to say about the brand-new Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C: It’s…
Steinem vs. Friedan
The Fight is over, for now. I hope it will continue, however, in a bigger stadium. Which…
The Academic Advantages of the Bible
For years, Christians have asserted that the removal of the study of the Bible from public school…
The Godless Nursery School
Hell hath no fury like secular parents in one of America’s most expensive zip codes when they…
