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A Heroic Example

George Weigel

America needs the example of a real hero: a dedicated hero who enhances natural talents by hard…

Hegel-Sized 

Peter J. Leithart

A sense of an ending is in the air, but there’s little consensus about what’s ending or…

No, DEI Does Not Mean God

John M. Grondelski

According to Washington auxiliary bishop Roy Campbell, Catholics should stand up for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion—DEI—because DEI…

He Died with a Microphone in His Hand

Robert Barron

Why has the murder of Charlie Kirk resonated so powerfully through the culture? Is it because he…

Dare to Be a Dobson

William Wolfe

Jerry Falwell. R. C. Sproul. John MacArthur. And now James Dobson. Over the last twenty years, death…

Pius XII’s Vindication (ft. Michael Knowles)

R. R. Reno

In the first episode of While We’re At It, a brand new interview series with First Things…

Turning Point

The Editors

The editors discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the rise of political violence in America. Rusty Reno…

Charlie Kirk, Faithful Warrior

Jeremy Carl

I first met Charlie Kirk in 2021, when he was a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute,…

Silencing Dissent, Affirming Delusion

Carl R. Trueman

Recent events indicate that the struggle against the dehumanization represented by trans ideology is far from over.…

A Turning Point for America

R. R. Reno

Last summer, the nearly successful attempt to assassinate Donald Trump took my mind back to April 1968.…

Let’s Make America Serious Again

George Weigel

Having spent most of July and August off the grid while teaching in Poland and vacationing in…

Quebec’s War on Public Faith

Anna Farrow

When French explorers arrived on the shores of what would come to be called New France in…

The Forgotten Priestless Counties of Rural America

Robert Aaron Wessman

“What do the members of your religious community think about the Traditional Latin Mass?” As I’ve traveled…

Bishop Martin Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Damian Thompson

Until a few weeks ago, students attending Mass in the chapel of Charlotte Catholic High School in…

St. George’s Cross, Flag of the People

Francis Young

In recent weeks, the Flag of St. George (a red cross on a white background) has appeared…