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Old Wisdom, New Distractions: New and Notable Books

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

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The Wandering Bishops

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

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The Man Who Built the Trojan Horse

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

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The Work Ethic Incarnate

In his June 2 Wall Street Journal column, Jason L. Riley noted a disturbing trend in our American moment: “According to the Department of Labor, 1 in 3 men. The post The Work Ethic Incarnate appeared first on First Things

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A Catholic Moment or an Evangelical Century?

Contrary to online chatter, we are not in a “Catholic moment.” But we may already be in an evangelical century. Significantly more people are leaving Catholicism than converting to. The post A Catholic Moment or an Evangelical Century? appeared first on First Things

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America Has Always Been a Christian Nation

America is a Christian nation. It was at its birth, and despite increasing attacks on this reality, our Founding is unintelligible apart from the faith that animated it. Today,. The post America Has Always Been a Christian Nation appeared first on First Things

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Classics v. Classics

The furious debate about Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey has revealed an unexpected fact: Many people take Homer seriously, very seriously. Modifying the canonical epic in the least detail, it appears,. The post Classics v. Classics appeared first on First Things

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Berlin and the Contradictions of Identity Politics

On July 25, twenty-one-year-old Abdul Ballout drove a van into a crowd at Berlin’s Pride festival before stabbing attendees with a machete. One woman was killed and twenty-nine people. The post Berlin and the Contradictions of Identity Politics appeared first on First Things

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How the Press Lost Public Trust

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Tara Henley joins in to discuss her recent book, The Trust Spiral: Why the Media Needs. The post How the Press Lost Public Trust appeared first on First Things

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The Summer Reading List: 2026

A 2025 YouGov poll revealed some interesting factoids about Americans’ reading habits—or lack thereof. Forty percent of us didn’t read a book last year. About a quarter of the. The post The Summer Reading List: 2026 appeared first on First Things

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Who Gets Custody of the Latin Mass?

In any messy breakup, there are the inevitable conflagrations over custody of the kids, the dog, the vinyl collection. The parting of ways between the Catholic Church and the. The post Who Gets Custody of the Latin Mass? appeared first on First Things

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The Sun Also Rises at 100

The Hemingway style—terse, direct, formidable, in both prose and personal deportment—dominated American literature and the native ideal of manliness for much of the twentieth century. His suicide in 1961,. The post The Sun Also Rises at 100 appeared first on First Things

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