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Yahweh’s Sorrow
David’s census makes him a Pharaoh but he doesn’t end like Pharoah. It’s not exactly because he…
This American Carnage
On this episode of the First Things Podcast: Senior editor Mark Bauerlein talks with associate editor Julia…
The March for Life in Year 44
Since Inauguration Day, critics of Donald Trump have marched, rioted, and verbally abused and in some cases…
How to Write a Book
As a service to aspiring writers, I outline the five key stages of writing a book. My…
Yo’ Great-Grandma’s Austen
In her TLS review of new books about Jane Austen, Devoney Looser comments on the irony that…
They Do It On Purpose
The Economist summarizes the notion of “information asymmetry” pioneered by George Akerlof and others. Using a used…
The Wire as Greek Tragedy
The Wire is the best TV series I’ve ever seen. Also among the raunchiest. In an aside…
President Rickles
Like all right-thinking Americans, Emily Nussbaum is suitably horrified by Trump’s election. But she grasps his appeal…
Apocalypse Sans Apocalypse
In her study of postmodern apocalypticism, Apocalyptic Transformation (xxiii–xxv), Elizabeth Rosen asks what effects secularization has on…
Joyous Exchange, Magnificent Duel
Robert Kolb (Martin Luther: Confessor of the Faith) observes that Luther resisted presenting a systematic theology of…
Frackin’ Innovative
Vauhini Vara reports at The Atlantic about how US frackers beat OPEC. The story starts in 2014…
Righteousness and Relation
According to Robert Kolb (Martin Luther: Confessor of the Faith, 125–8) Luther had a “relational” understanding of…
Turkish Drummers, the TRC, and the Truth about the Bulls of Donation
From Alanus Anglicus to Pope Nicholas V, a false understanding of the papacy and of papal authority…
Trump’s Old Testament
Walter McDougall (Promised Land, Crusader State, 4–5) divides the history of American foreign affairs into two testaments,…
Witherspoon Institute Summer 2017 Seminars
The Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey (where I work) is now accepting applications for six summer…
