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Bonhoeffer Is Not Your Cipher
In 1906, the German New Testament studies guild suffered a rude shock. The cause was Albert Schweitzer’s…
Outlaws of the American Dream
About a year ago, Oliver Anthony released his song “Rich Men North of Richmond.” Although establishment critics…
Taylor Ends the Gender Wars
In this episode, First Things Patricia Snow joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk…
Christ-Haunted Sally Rooney
I grew up in Ireland in the 1970s and eighties. The parents of my friends, neighbors, cousins,…
The Boys in the Bandwidth
Red and blue Americans are locked in a hostile custody battle right now. But if they agree…
Taylor Swift’s Sexual Revolution
In the fall of 1970, a year after Yale welcomed its first female freshmen and six months…
Malick the Philosopher
Terrence Malick and the Examined Lifeby martin woessneruniversity of pennsylvania, 416 pages, $65 In his book God, Philosophy,…
Overcoming the Sixties
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Timothy S. Goeglein joins…
The Enduring Essence of the Mets
I grew up in working-class New York City in the 1980s, which means I grew up with…
Machine
The American modernist poet E. E. Cummings ended up as a somewhat lonely, politically conservative Unitarian. It…
Clint Eastwood’s Law
In the course of his seven-decade career, Clint Eastwood has come to be identified with a single…
Clint Eastwood’s Lonely Heroes
In this episode, Matthew Schmitz joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his article…
The Metaphysical Promise of the Consumer Society
In a book documenting his travels through the United States, a Frenchman commented that “there is nothing…
Localism: Our Last Best Hope?
Localism: Coming Home to Catholic Social Teaching edited by dale ahlquist and michael warren davisrn sophia institute…
On Tortured Poets, Taylor Swift Dreams of Marriage
On her 2022 album Midnights, Taylor Swift addressed fan speculation over why she and her then-boyfriend and…
