Our Outdated Debates

by Jessica Keating

Thanks to modern technology and transhumanism, our familiar forms of argument about abortion are becoming obsolete. Continue Reading »

22 Jun 2017 0

The Right and the Youth

by Pete Spiliakos

To win back the youth vote, the Republican Party will have to do much more than find a fresh voice to say the same thing. Continue Reading »

22 Jun 2017 0

Denying Transcendence

by Connor Grubaugh

First Things proclaims self-denial to a navel-gazing generation. Continue Reading »

21 Jun 2017 0

It's Howdy Doody Time!

by George Weigel

Father X’s insistence on turning parts of the Mass into the children’s hour bespeaks several problems. Continue Reading »

21 Jun 2017 0

The Transfiguration of Death

by Sebastian White O.P.

In Death Comes for the War Poets, Joseph Pearce poses anew the questions of life, death, and humanity that haunted the poets of the Great War. Continue Reading »

20 Jun 2017 0

Prejudice and the Blaine Amendments

by Philip Hamburger

The Supreme Court's longstanding indifference to the religious prejudice of the Blaine Amendments will soon be put to the test. Continue Reading »

20 Jun 2017 0

The Left Bank of the Rhine

by Edmund Waldstein

The death of former chancellor Helmut Kohl marks the definitive end of the post-war period in German politics. Continue Reading »

20 Jun 2017 0

The Sporting Spirit

by Matthew Schmitz

First Things brings a sporting spirit to the intellectual life—a willingness to sweat, a belief in fair play, and the desire to win. Continue Reading »

19 Jun 2017 0

Anne Frank's Enduring Testament

by William Doino Jr.

Since beginning her diary seventy-five years ago, Anne Frank's enduring testament to faith has inspired millions. Continue Reading »

19 Jun 2017 0

Protecting the Public Square

by Veery Huleatt

Jane Jacobs knew that, without ordinary people, their ordinary loves, and their often-extraordinary faith, the public square is an inhospitable and even dangerous place. Continue Reading »

16 Jun 2017 0