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In God’s Time
Ash Wednesday fell on February 26 this year, only five days after Italy recorded its first case…
Coronavirus Diary: New York, May 12
Tuesday: Bright morning sunshine, but cool temperatures. It’s been a chilly spring. I’m still running the space…
A Wafer-Thin Practice
Who would have thought that a virus would make us reflect deeply on what it means to…
Because Another Wept
Let’s put aside, for a moment, debates about infection rates, IFRs, modeling, dying “from” v. dying “with,”…
Defend Us From Ideology
Some object that referencing “the common good” is vague—that it is a way of hiding political judgments…
The Far Side of Suffering
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Clare Carlisle…
Learning How to Die
How should colleges educate students? We have wandered a long way from what Michel de Montaigne thought…
A Visit to 1990
In my first column for First Things, posted on April 13, 2018, I recalled a day in…
Who Was William Faulkner?
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Carl Rollyson…
What We’ve Been Reading—April 2020
R. R. Reno When I was a teacher I would advise students to read dead writers. “Let…
Catholic Hospitals Under Attack
Catholic hospitals are under unremitting attack—from prestigious medical journals, media, and lawyers in courtrooms. The goal is…
Justice for Pell
I expected George Cardinal Pell to be convicted in 2018 on charges that he had committed child…
Learning From the Jewish Easter
Easter is the Christian Passover. This is not immediately evident. Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, a…
Coronavirus Calls for Conversion
A stick known as coronavirus has suddenly been shoved through the spokes of the world’s whirling wheel…
Coronavirus Diary: New York, April 2
Thursday. Sunny day. Chilly, but the air is cheerful. I won’t bore the reader with my Lucy-cappuccino-dog…
