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Society

What BAP Gets Wrong, and Right, About Fertility

Anyone paying attention to low and declining fertility today knows that it is a problem. Fewer children automatically produces an aging society. Fertility rates well below the level of. The post What BAP Gets Wrong, and Right, About Fertility appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Trump Brings the West to the West Wing

It’s hard to think of a sport that embodies the American spirit better than rodeo. But while the White House has opened its doors to countless baseball, hockey, and. The post Trump Brings the West to the West Wing appeared first on First Things

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Politics

What Comes After Trump?

National conservatism’s ascent is a story often mistold: Once upon a time, there was Donald Trump, and Donald Trump changed everything. The truth is more complicated, and more instructive. The post What Comes After Trump? appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The Donatist Comeback

My Lenten reading has included an interesting, if somewhat odd, book about the greatest of the Latin Fathers of the Church: Augustine the African by Catherine Conybeare, a philologist. The post The Donatist Comeback appeared first on First Things

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Education

The Art of Arguing Well

Mastering the Four Arguments:The Classical Art of Persuasive Writingby gregory roperencounter books, 192 pages, $29.99 A major problem facing classical education is that there are too many books. Imagine. The post The Art of Arguing Well appeared first on First Things

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Geopolitics

Will Trump Need to Compromise with Iran?

War-making is a dynamic enterprise. Military successes and failures change the circumstances of conflict. That’s certainly the case for the war with Iran. The hoped-for domestic uprising against the. The post Will Trump Need to Compromise with Iran? appeared first on First Things

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Politics

The Parental Rights Paradox

Two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court intervened in Mirabelli v. Bonta, restoring a lower-court injunction that blocks California from enforcing policies requiring school employees to conceal a child’s. The post The Parental Rights Paradox appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The Slow Death of Publishing (ft. Justin Lee)

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, First Things Associate Editor Justin Lee joins in to discuss his recent book, “A Prisoner’s. The post The Slow Death of Publishing (ft. Justin Lee) appeared first on First Things

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Geopolitics

History’s Pro Tips on Iran

Nothing in human experience compares to the wars of the last 120 years. Their scope has grown as the world has shrunk. The international laws governing conduct in war. The post History’s Pro Tips on Iran appeared first on First Things

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Politics

The Women Joining the New Right

According to “The Women Leaving the New Right,” a viral piece by Sam Adler-Bell in New York magazine, the movement has “dropped the pretense of protecting women” and gone. The post The Women Joining the New Right appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Jürgen Habermas’s Search for Moral Justification

The German philosopher and critical theorist Jürgen Habermas has died at the age of ninety-six. The tributes and encomia pour in and will continue to pour in. He deserves. The post Jürgen Habermas’s Search for Moral Justification appeared first on First Things

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