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In Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV writes that a school should be a place where the young learn to “seek and love the truth.” He worries about an educational. The post Keep Silence and Hear appeared first on First Things
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Ralph C. Hancock joins in to discuss his recent book, Love and Virtue in a Secular. The post Love in a Godless Age appeared first on First Things
Here’s a simple, biblical truth: We’re never as smart as we think we are, and we’re never as wise as we need to be. The best intentions can have. The post Have American Catholics Given Up on Evangelizing? appeared first on First Things
In his breakout 2000 memoir, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, Anthony Bourdain recounts his early years as a cook in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The memoir serves as the. The post Bourdain’s World Was Not Enough appeared first on First Things
Five years ago, the most powerful media companies in the world—Facebook and Twitter, as it was then called—chose to deplatform Donald Trump. They cited public safety concerns following the. The post The Truth About Truth API appeared first on First Things
On June 10, First Things was delighted to host Éric Zemmour for an evening at our office. The occasion was the release of Nathan Pinkoski’s English translation of The. The post Zemmour’s Challenging Voice appeared first on First Things
Last week, some 70,000 African migrants invaded Ceuta. A coastal town of 84,000 people, Ceuta is the last remnant of Spanish presence in North Africa, along with the town. The post Ceuta’s Camp of the Saints Moment appeared first on First Things
Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstreamby dixie dillon laneeerdmans, 216 pages, $28.99 Dixie Dillon Lane’s Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and. The post The Evolution of Homeschooling appeared first on First Things
Like models in a fashion show, gaudy but unfulfilling icons of femininity parade before the women of my generation: the tradwife influencer marketing herself and her nutrition products through. The post Willa Cather’s Pioneering Women appeared first on First Things
As the mores of daily life in the twenty-first century change every month or two with the advent of the next digital novelty, lots of books on how to. The post Old Wisdom, New Distractions: New and Notable Books appeared first on First Things
Immediately after the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) consecrated four new bishops in an Alpine meadow next to its seminary at Écône, Switzerland, it received a personal message. The post The Wandering Bishops appeared first on First Things
Tourism makes fact seem fiction. I feel confident Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, and I believe it is a great portrait, until I get to the room. The post The Man Who Built the Trojan Horse appeared first on First Things