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Fact-Checking the New Yorker

Back in the day, when the New Yorker set the standard for literary elegance among serious American journals, writers were driven to distraction by the fanatical fact-checking characteristic of. The post Fact-Checking the New Yorker appeared first on First Things

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On the Pleasure of Admiring

The great essayist William Hazlitt observed that there is pleasure in hating. “Without something to hate,”. The post On the Pleasure of Admiring appeared first on First Things

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Desecration in Minnesota and the Ecclesiology of Public Worship

The recent disruption of a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, by anti-ICE protesters has prompted familiar legal arguments. Commentators invoke the FACE Act, which prohibits interference with an. The post Desecration in Minnesota and the Ecclesiology of Public Worship appeared first on First Things

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Is Trump Playing the Long Game on Abortion?

When news broke last week that the Trump administration had quietly restored federal Planned Parenthood funding, which he had previously cut, pro-life conservatives were understandably upset. Yet, as Elizabeth. The post Is Trump Playing the Long Game on Abortion? appeared first on First Things

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The Great Christian Reset

If it is true that social shifts begin first among the elites, something may be stirring in the West. While taking questions at an appearance at the MacDonald–Laurier Institute. The post The Great Christian Reset appeared first on First Things

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The Joy of Being a Hoosiers Fan

Are you around at all for the next hour? Wanted to stop by with the trophy!” “I sure am,” I replied. About fifteen minutes later, Fernando Mendoza, the quarterback of the Indiana University football team, walked into the lobby of the St. Paul Catholic Center on campus with the Heisman Trophy. The post The Joy of Being a Hoosiers Fan appeared first on First Things

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The Viking History of Greenland

There was now much talk of looking for new lands.” This line from the thirteenth-century Icelandic Saga of the Greenlanders is an apt description of Washington, D.C., in 2026. The Saga of the Greenlanders. The post The Viking History of Greenland appeared first on First Things

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Society

Can Liberals Be Pronatalists?

Last year the United Nations Population Division predicted that global population will peak in approximately sixty years, at around 10.3 billion people. After that, the number of human beings will begin to fall. The post Can Liberals Be Pronatalists? appeared first on First Things

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The Madness in Miami

The great boxing spectacles of the past—the Thrilla in Manila (1975) and the Rumble in the Jungle (1974)—were never merely athletic contests. They were cultural dramas staged on global. The post The Madness in Miami appeared first on First Things

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Of Roots and Adventures

I have lived in Ohio, Michigan, Georgia (twice), Pennsylvania, Alabama (also twice), England, and Idaho. I left home to go to college, left another home to attend seminary, and. The post Of Roots and Adventures appeared first on First Things

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Politics

The Banality of Minnesota Fraud

With each passing day, the public fraud uncovered in Minnesota—mainly involving Medicaid, childcare, and other public assistance programs—seems to grow. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson estimates $9 billion. The post The Banality of Minnesota Fraud appeared first on First Things

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Education

The Making of the Activist Academy

While majoring in computer science at Columbia University, I took part in a poetry workshop. We were assigned to write a Petrarchan sonnet, one of the most rigid of. The post The Making of the Activist Academy appeared first on First Things

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