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A Treasure Hidden in Plain Sight Not too long ago, I had the privilege of spending a summer carrying out research at the University of Chicago for a book I am writing about the French sociologist Raymond Aron. Working in the archives at the Regenstein library, I would take short breaks to explore the sprawling university campus and its gothic architecture. As a bibliophile, the clear highlight of the campus for me was the Seminary Co-op bookstore, one of the best academic bookstores in the Un...
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? A few months ago, a trusted source emailed me insisting I listen to Ezra Klein’s podcast interview with Texas Democratic senate candidate James Talarico. “I’ve never heard a politician speak so clearly, authentically, and movingly about his own faith and of the contribution that faith perspectives can bring to civic life,” he wrote. At the time I knew less about him than I did about his opponent, U.S. representative Jasmin Crockett, in the then-upcoming March 3 Democ...
Kemi Badenoch defends the Jews of Britain.View Post
There is a path forward for Britain, but it requires not privileging anti-Semitism as a legal defense.View Post
The fate of England is much in the news as popular resistance to mass immigration grows, limits on free speech tighten, the “special relationship” deteriorates, and the prime minister. The post The Slow Death of England: New and Notable Books appeared first on First Things
Thirty-five years ago, Pope John Paul II issued his most developed social encyclical, Centesimus Annus; its title signaled the author’s intention to honor the centenary of Leo XIII’s 1891. The post Centesimus Annus at Thirty-Five appeared first on First Things
This year’s event had controversial co-chairs, a softball theme, and at least one apt reference to an art-historical scandal
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people Source