Public Life
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Cornell’s Secret History
The editors discuss the NatCon in Jerusalem, the scandal at Cornell University and its broader implications, and…
Be Wise as Chameleons
Visiting Philippi on his second missionary expedition, Paul starts a riot. When he casts a python demon…
Betting Against Your Neighbor
At a semiannual conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, D. Todd Christofferson—one of…
The Second Death of Charlie Kirk
It used to be that if you died horribly and honorably and happened to be a person…
Reflections on a Diamond Jubilee
I am not usually given to apocalypticism, but I think I got the imagery exactly right when,…
SlutCon’s Emotional Void
The tech-rationalist phenomenon “SlutCon” caused quite a stir online, perhaps predictably. SlutCon was a multi-day retreat and…
The Boys on the Brink
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Leonard Sax joins…
Roger Scruton’s Eternal Youth
In this episode, First Things senior editor Dan Hitchens joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk…
Life and Death in AI
In a life of reading, there are special times of wonder and delight. Books come into your…
No Right to Erase Baptism
Is baptism an irreversible spiritual and ontological change or a piece of recorded personal data to be…
America’s Empty Confessionals
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, James M. O’Toole…
The Stench of Corruption
The Trump family’s exploitation of every opportunity to enrich themselves demoralizes me, as I’m sure it does…
Brave New Sexual Ethics
In this episode, Mark Regnerus joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his…
The Faithful Joy of Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen
Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen seem to have had little in common. She favored rhinestones; he wore…
Standing Athwart AI, Yelling Stop
The editors discuss the AfD’s continued victories in Germany, the death of the assisted dying bill in…
