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Luigi Mangione and the Glamour of Evil
On December 4, twenty-six-year-old Luigi Mangione allegedly fired a fatal shot into the back of Brian Thompson,…
A Journal of Timeless Insight
I first discovered First Things in my college library’s collection of back issues (below FEMS Microbes, above Foreign…
How Civilization Became Christian
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Mike Aquilina joins in to…
Anna Is Our Advent Model
In the Parable of the Unjust Judge (Luke 18:1–8), a poor widow seeks justice. Day after day…
The Coup Against Romania’s Trumpian Turn
On November 24, the first round of voting in the Romanian presidential elections yielded the unforeseen victory…
Embassy Vatican: Some Demystifications
A change of presidential administrations typically leads to changes in U.S. diplomatic personnel abroad, especially at the…
Advent from a Prison Cell
The recent (and sadly flawed) movie Bonhoeffer reminds us that Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor and Lutheran…
Make Villains Wicked Again
In recent years, Hollywood has produced movies that cast once irredeemable villains, such as Maleficent, Cruella de…
Christianity and Italian Politics
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Rosario Forlenza and Bjørn…
Books for Christmas—2024
A friend told me recently that bookstores were making something of a comeback. I hope that’s true,…
Wifejak, Icon of the Normal
Social-media sites are dark places. Bigotry in every direction, footage of random ultra-violence, porn and OnlyFans content—all…
G. K. Chesterton on Life Stories
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Brady Stiller joins in to…
Bonhoeffer Is Not Your Cipher
In 1906, the German New Testament studies guild suffered a rude shock. The cause was Albert Schweitzer’s…
The Life of a Young Saint
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Christine M. Wohar joins in…
Finding Order in the Pieces
In October of 2023, I wrote a column here about how I came to be doing jigsaw…
