Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
How One Christian School Addressed Critical Theory
More than twenty years ago, my wife and I helped found Augustine School, a classical Christian school…
On Property and Freedom
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Mark T. Mitchell…
Are Spain’s Catholic Schools Still Catholic?
Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them,” wrote the satirist P. J.…
Let Yeshiva Be Yeshiva
A little over fifty years ago, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the revered Talmudist and theologian, saw ghosts…
How Not to Staff a Catholic School
As I wrote awhile back, too many Catholic schools are too similar to public schools, offering the same…
Nate Hochman on Cannabusiness
Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Nate Hochman to talk about his article “Cannabusiness Goes to Pot” from…
Fiction and Friendship
Here are some recently published books: Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden…
Hans Boersma on Saving Mankind
Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Hans Boersma to talk about his article, “Saving Mankind,” from…
Christians Should Rejoice Over Dobbs
The Dobbs decision has revealed fault lines in American Christianity. These fault lines lay just below the…
The Last Twentieth-Century Film
About halfway through Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise’s eponymous Pete “Maverick” Mitchell has a romantic encounter with…
The Importance of “Yes”
The First Things 2022 Spring Campaign seeks to raise $600,000 by June 30. To make your contribution, visit www.firstthings.com/donate. It’s…
Uvalde, Abortion, and the Limits of Compassion
What about a 48-hour waiting period or, for someone 18 years old, parental consent? They’re willing to…
Letters
Catholic Fiction Cassandra Nelson’s “A Theology of Fiction” (April) is a welcome intervention and advance in an…
The Key to Happiness
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. J. Budziszewski joins the podcast to…
Texas Abortion Showdown
In the streets of Laredo, Texas, Congressman Henry Cuellar is fighting for his political life. Today, he…
