Politics
Ignorance and Conviction at Columbia
Darializa Avila Chevalier—upper Manhattan’s new congressional candidate, backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and endorsed…
The Douthat Decade
For conservative Christian nerds it is a hammer blow. Imagine the grief and shock if Taylor Swift…
The Spiritual Appeal of Democratic Socialism
As a proud “Reagan Democrat,” I felt blessed to be in Berlin a few days after the…
How the Therapeutic Killed Academic Standards
Darel Paul’s excellent First Things article on the Jason Arday scandal pinpoints a number of the problems…
AOC’s Illogical Case for Egg Freezing
This is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s week. Amid the backlash over her cavalier dismissal of “Woke 1”—the era of…
Jason Arday and the Therapeutic Academy
Who is Jason Arday? Until last week, the man at the center of the biggest recent scandal…
The Truth About Truth API
Five years ago, the most powerful media companies in the world—Facebook and Twitter, as it was then…
Ceuta’s Camp of the Saints Moment
Last week, some 70,000 African migrants invaded Ceuta. A coastal town of 84,000 people, Ceuta is the…
Zemmour’s Challenging Voice
On June 10, First Things was delighted to host Éric Zemmour for an evening at our office.…
Icarus Descending
"She’ll never see the boy falling out of the sky,” sings Mumford & Sons in “Icarus.” As…
Putting World War II Behind Us
In “The End of the Age of Hitler” (November 2024), Alec Ryrie observes that, as secularism advanced…
Mad as Hell
In a simpler time, the internet was full of cats. Flooding message boards and YouTube with images…
Ukraine and the Limits of Dialogue
For months now, I have been receiving alarming, early-morning text messages from Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of…
The Unfashionable Faith of Ann Widdecombe
Ann Widdecombe, Reform UK’s immigration and justice spokesperson and a former Conservative member of Parliament, was found…
While We’re At It
In my meditation on the legacy of World War II above, I conclude with an observation about…
