Public Life
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A Time for Hatred?
For two weeks, two icons of horrific violence have dominated the news: the August 22 murder of…
Faith in State Politics (ft. Cameron Sexton)
In the second episode of While We’re At It, Cameron Sexton joins in to talk about his…
Charlie Kirk’s Impact on Young America
I met Charlie Kirk once at a Turning Point event I helped organize, which brought him and…
A Heroic Example
America needs the example of a real hero: a dedicated hero who enhances natural talents by hard…
Hegel-Sized
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
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
Why has the murder of Charlie Kirk resonated so powerfully through the culture? Is it because he…
Dare to Be a Dobson
Jerry Falwell. R. C. Sproul. John MacArthur. And now James Dobson. Over the last twenty years, death…
Pius XII’s Vindication (ft. Michael Knowles)
In the first episode of While We’re At It, a brand new interview series with First Things…
Turning Point
The editors discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the rise of political violence in America. Rusty Reno…
Charlie Kirk, Faithful Warrior
I first met Charlie Kirk in 2021, when he was a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute,…
Silencing Dissent, Affirming Delusion
Recent events indicate that the struggle against the dehumanization represented by trans ideology is far from over.…
A Turning Point for America
Last summer, the nearly successful attempt to assassinate Donald Trump took my mind back to April 1968.…
Let’s Make America Serious Again
Having spent most of July and August off the grid while teaching in Poland and vacationing in…
Quebec’s War on Public Faith
When French explorers arrived on the shores of what would come to be called New France in…
