A Hidden Life: The Story of a Marriage

by Nathaniel Peters

Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life tells the story of Austrian martyr Franz Jägerstätter and his wife Fani, who suffer as one body even when they are apart.  Continue Reading »

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God Is True

by Peter J. Leithart

God’s choice of Abraham is his free self-determination to be the God who makes and keeps promises.  Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2019 0

Learning for Liberty

by Joseph Clair

The true aim of a college education is the development of a citizen: a free person. Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2019 0

Our Integral Regime

by Sohrab Ahmari

The Center for Global Development elected not to renew Maya Forstater’s contract after she expressed the belief that sex is biological and immutable. Continue Reading »

19 Dec 2019 0

The Test for the Tories

by Dan Hitchens

All political movements have internal tensions, but the new Tory coalition seems unusually incoherent. Continue Reading »

19 Dec 2019 0

Leaders Who Can’t Lead

by Mark Bauerlein

We are surrounded by professionals who aren’t that professional, experts who aren’t very competent, leaders who can’t lead but won’t step down. Continue Reading »

18 Dec 2019 0

The Well-Fought Fight

by George Weigel

Like many other hymns, Ralph Vaughan Williams’s “For All the Saints” is an endangered species today. Continue Reading »

18 Dec 2019 0

Let’s Fix the Pornography Problem

by Jim Banks

It is time for Trump to tick off another campaign promise and protect our nation’s children from pornography.  Continue Reading »

18 Dec 2019 0

Two Popes, Too Many Untruths

by John Waters

As propaganda, The Two Popes is both hugely effective and extremely dangerous.  Continue Reading »

17 Dec 2019 0

The Cure for Melancholy

by Veronica Clarke

Through stellar writing and the excellent conversations it fosters, First Things provides both discourse and a community, one that aims to humanize the reader. Continue Reading »

16 Dec 2019 0