A Year of Reading: 2022, Part 1
by John WilsonThis doesn’t purport to be a list of the “best” books of the year; rather, these are the ones from a year of reading that most readily come to mind. Continue Reading »
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A Dauntless Magazine
by Mark BauerleinAs one institution after another joins the woke regime, I promise First Things readers and listeners that you will not find this magazine doing the same. Continue Reading »
Christmas Amid Chaos
by Carl R. TruemanOur world stands at a moment of anthropological crisis. Advent offers us each an opportunity to reflect upon how Christ, God Incarnate, offers a vision of humanity that speaks to humanity’s deepest needs. Continue Reading »
Mary, the Church, Christmas, and Jimmy Lai
by George WeigelAt this Catholic moment, when so many are disturbed by ecclesiastical dysfunction, it is good, at Christmastide, to reflect on Mary and the Church—and on what Mary’s initial act of discipleship, that fiat, means for us today. Continue Reading »
Our Most Popular Articles of 2022
by The EditorsHere’s a glance back at our most-read essays of 2022. Continue Reading »
A Fear-Filled Advent for Armenian Christians
by Mark MovsesianIn the South Caucasus this Advent, Armenian Christians face the threat of ethnic cleansing. Continue Reading »
The Child Tax Credit Should Promote Work and Marriage
by Patrick T. Brown and W. Bradford WilcoxAn improved child tax credit could play a crucial role in strengthening the financial foundations of family life for working- and middle-class families across the country. Continue Reading »
A Cornucopia of Life
by Elizabeth BachmannA culture of life, therefore, means not just preserving physical life, but developing rich spiritual, intellectual, and emotional lives. Continue Reading »
Chanukah and the War on Sports
by Cole S. AronsonIf muscles and speed is how your community says you ought to flourish, the frail among us will be absorbed into a spectating mass useful only as an audience for a mighty few. Continue Reading »
The German Crisis, the World Church, and Pope Francis
by George WeigelGerman Catholicism is often said to be in a de facto schism. That is an inadequate description. The German Catholicism manifest in the documents of the Synodal Path is in apostasy. Continue Reading »
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