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The Erosion of Sin
Readers of the April issue of First Things will have seen James F. Keating’s learned and perceptive…
While We’re At It
♦ We often imagine that nihilism demoralizes, inducing a sense of meaninglessness. This is not always the case.…
Ukraine
Representatives of the U.S. and Russian governments are meeting in Saudi Arabia as I write. Their goal…
The Return of Strong Religion
The wind has shifted. People want hard religion, not easy religion. They seek out communities that are…
Don’t Count On It
Things don’t turn out as we expect. People don’t either. Take friendship as an example, or perhaps…
Sweden on the Edge
Sweden is facing a crisis of violence. On February 5, thirty-five-year-old Rickard Andersson, an ethnic Swede, walked…
Red Hulk, Blue Politics
The real protagonist of Captain America: Brave New World—the fourth in the franchise, if you’re keeping score—isn’t…
While We’re At It
♦ Aldous Huxley: “The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of a good cause is…
The Spiritual Good of De-Globalization
I do not rue the end of globalization. As I note above, globalization undermined the economic conditions…
Merkelʼs Country
German readers have a powerful appetite for doorstop political autobiographies, gossip-filled 600- and 700-page apologias by major…
I Hate the Chiefs
In real life, I’m a gentle soul—easygoing, tolerant, deferential, emotionally steady with a tilt toward whimsical joviality.…
The trouble with blogging …
The trouble with blogging, RJN, is narrative structure. Or maybe voice. Or maybe diction. Or maybe syntax.…
The Bible Throughout the Ages
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Bruce Gordon joins in…
To Hell with Notre Dame?
I first visited the University of Notre Dame du Lac (to use its proper inflated style) in…
Farewell to Liberal-Imperial Diplomacy
In late June 2022, a small rubber dinghy sailed down the Danube River in Budapest, past the…
