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Education

Jason Arday and the Therapeutic Academy

Who is Jason Arday? Until last week, the man at the center of the biggest recent scandal in Anglo-American higher education was professor of sociology of education at the. The post Jason Arday and the Therapeutic Academy appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Spiraling Down in Speyer

Speyer is a charming city on the west bank of the Rhine River. Its splendid medieval core is dominated by a magnificent eleventh-century cathedral, the resting place of German. The post Spiraling Down in Speyer appeared first on First Things

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Keep Silence and Hear

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

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Culture

Love in a Godless Age

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

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Culture

Have American Catholics Given Up on Evangelizing?

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

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Culture

Bourdain’s World Was Not Enough

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

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Politics

The Truth About Truth API

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

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Zemmour’s Challenging Voice

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

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Geopolitics

Ceuta’s Camp of the Saints Moment

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

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The Evolution of Homeschooling

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

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Culture

Willa Cather’s Pioneering Women

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

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Culture

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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