The Cost of Communism
by Colin DueckThe Victims of Communism Museum opened only last year after decades of thoughtful planning, and the care that went into the project shows. Visiting the museum is a powerful experience. Continue Reading »
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Cormac McCarthy’s Miracle
by Kris DoughertyIt is the presence of grace in Cormac McCarthy's dark stories that made him truly peerless. Continue Reading »
Rooting Out the Weeds
by Megan BashamFirst Things remains relevant by focusing on the eternal, not the fashionable. It is not merely conservative, but sound. Continue Reading »
The Pleasure of Walking
by John WilsonI don’t walk as much (or as quickly) as I have for most of my life. Still, Wendy and I take a walk every day, weather and other circumstances permitting. I treasure these times. But I also like to read about walking. Continue Reading »
Walking the Synodal Way . . . Off a Cliff
by Raymond J. de SouzaThe Instrumentum Laboris is laborious indeed. Whether all that labor will be an instrument for anything other than more labor remains to be seen. Continue Reading »
Addiction Is the Disease of Desire
by Michael W. CluneThe drug problem is a health crisis, but it is even more a spiritual crisis. To confront it, we need to recover an ancient truth about desire: I am not what I want. Continue Reading »
Beauty Makes a Comeback
by Jeremy Wayne TateA new generation of artisans is being trained in classical methods to replace the sterile, joyless structures we’ve been stuck with since the 1960s. Continue Reading »
A Laborious, and Vacuous, Instrument
by George WeigelThere is much in the Church in need of renewal and reform. The Working Document for the Synod on Synodality does not advance that cause. Continue Reading »
Catastrophes in Ukraine
by Erik VardenThe drama unfolding in Ukraine is not just about a “special operation” fifteen months old. It spells the unraveling of a century-long alliance with force. Continue Reading »
A Parallel Polis
by Inez StepmanIn a time when there is little cultural respite from the institutional advancements of the left, First Things is indispensable to the creation of the “parallel polis.” And your subscriptions and donations are indispensable to First Things. Continue Reading »
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