R. R. Reno

First Things has a crucial role to play. We insist that God is Lord of history. This desacralizes politics—an urgent necessity. Continue Reading »

Western civilization exerts unprecedented influence. Science commands the intellectual loyalty of elites around the world. Western strands of Christianity have enjoyed extraordinary missionary success in Africa and Asia. Communism—a Western ideology—migrated to China, destroyed its . . . . Continue Reading »

There is nothing about being human that is alien to the consuming fire of God’s holiness.  Continue Reading »

Nineteenth-century France was the scene of bitter cultural and political conflict. The German invasion in 1870 inflicted a humiliating defeat on the French army. As the Germans put Paris under siege, the Second Empire of Napoleon III collapsed. Radical anti-Catholic leftists took control of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Trump’s legal challenges are likely to strengthen rather than weaken our democracy. Continue Reading »

The election seems to vindicate the basic proposition of today’s “populism.” Continue Reading »

Instead of tearing down statues and denouncing our founding fathers, we need to affirm our inheritance and reframe our political priorities. Continue Reading »

We’re all on edge. Only this morning, two of my neighbors were bickering in the lobby of our building. I was saddened but not surprised by the acrimony. The virus makes us ­anxious about our health and that of those we love. Public health measures put civic life on hold. Many of our cities are . . . . Continue Reading »

In the battles to be waged in the public square let us remember to keep first things first.
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I put on a dark suit this morning, something somber for this day of remembrance. Continue Reading »