Mark Bauerlein is Senior Editor at First Things and Professor of English at Emory University, where he has taught since earning his PhD in English at UCLA in 1989. For two years (2003-05) he served as Director of the Office of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts. His books include Literary Criticism: An Autopsy (1997), The Pragmatic Mind: Explorations in the Psychology of Belief (1997), and The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (2008). His essays have appeared in PMLA, Partisan Review, Wilson Quarterly, Commentary, and New Criterion, and his commentaries and reviews in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Weekly Standard, The Guardian, Chronicle of Higher Education, and other national periodicals.
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Mark Bauerlein
On this episode, Yuval Levin discusses his book A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Matthew B. Crawford discusses his new book, Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road. Continue Reading »
Austin Ruse joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss the work of C-Fam (the Center for Family & Human Rights)—including C-Fam's efforts at the U.N. to prevent the creation of an international right to abortion. Continue Reading »
First Things endeavors to give readers the intellectual equipment to sense the currents flowing beneath the rush of current events. Continue Reading »
Jon Schweppe joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss the regulation of pornography, Big Tech censorship of free speech, and how to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Mark Hemingway addresses the uproar over Sen. Tom Cotton’s New York Times op-ed and discusses the state of investigative reporting today. Continue Reading »
Ari Schulman joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss COVID-19, the perils of social media, and the proper role of scientific expertise in politics. Continue Reading »
Kenneth L. Woodward continues discussing his 2016 memoir Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama. Continue Reading »
Let's add to the lists of movies that other periodicals have suggested people watch while stuck in their homes. Continue Reading »
Kenneth L. Woodward discusses his 2016 memoir Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama. Continue Reading »
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