R. R. Reno

I traveled through the middle of America for nearly two weeks, and almost everyone I spoke with expressed frustration, anxiety, disquiet, despair.  Continue Reading »

The First Things mid-year campaign was a great success. Continue Reading »

The Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, which incorporates sexual orientation and gender identity into Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, is a victory for gay rights advocates and entrenches gender ideology into civil rights law. Many are asking about its implications . . . . Continue Reading »

It’s tempting to recoil from the present uncertainty and see in it only dark possibilities. But we must not underestimate God’s providence. Continue Reading »

We don’t just critique, inform, and educate. First Things aims to nourish. Continue Reading »

The Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County gives the LGBT movement a powerful bulldozer with which to demolish all public expressions of dissent from its agenda.  Continue Reading »

I regret my foolish and ill-considered remarks about masks and mask wearing on Twitter on Tuesday, May 12. Continue Reading »

A society that condemns the sick to die alone needs to reexamine its basic principles. Continue Reading »

At the beginning of book VII of Virgil’s Aeneid, auspicious winds send the ships of the Trojan hero and his warriors to the mouth of the Tiber, where they put ashore. An oracle has foretold their coming. Aeneas is welcomed by the king of the Latins, and an alliance is forged. The king’s . . . . Continue Reading »

The coronavirus pandemic is not and never was a threat to society. Continue Reading »