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Politics

Same-Sex Marriage and the Degradation of European Law

Until recently, Poland’s definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman seemed inviolable, for at least two reasons. First, Article 18 of the Polish Constitution. The post Same-Sex Marriage and the Degradation of European Law appeared first on First Things

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Society

How Commercial Surrogacy Targets Military Families

Military wives constitute less than 1 percent of the American population, and they make up between 15 and 20 percent of the women paid to gestate other people’s children. The post How Commercial Surrogacy Targets Military Families appeared first on First Things

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Culture

A Boomer, But An Augustinian: On Magnifica Humanitas

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, begins with the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9). Babel represents the grandiosity of. The post A Boomer, But An Augustinian: On Magnifica Humanitas appeared first on First Things

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Technology

AI Is Not the Culprit

I have a confession to make: I use AI chatbots. A lot. I ask them questions about many things, from fixing the dishwasher (accurate) to who wrote what when. The post AI Is Not the Culprit appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Quantitative Judgments Don’t Apply

For years I have aspired to read Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy. But bound together the three novels (Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and The End of. The post Quantitative Judgments Don’t Apply appeared first on First Things

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Culture

When a Cathedral Disappears

In the center of Stepanakert, the capital city Armenians call the heart of Artsakh, there once stood a white limestone cathedral crowned with a dome and bell tower that. The post When a Cathedral Disappears appeared first on First Things

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Politics

Justice for Alito (ft. Mollie Hemingway)

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Mollie Hemingway joins in to discuss her recent book, Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the. The post Justice for Alito (ft. Mollie Hemingway) appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The Wrongness of Human Death

Decay and death seem built into the structure of physical creation. Even if there could be a world in which only plants and fruit were eaten—the world suggested by. The post The Wrongness of Human Death appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Eugenics as Self-Loathing

to seeHer wanting some illusion in the glassAs much as I want things I cannot have:Assurance that my children never suffer;An ordinary life where things make sense.—Wilmer Mills, “Crosswalk”. The post Eugenics as Self-Loathing appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Third Annual Poetry Prize Open for Submissions

The third annual First Things Poetry Prize is now open for submissions. Started in 2024, the prize has quickly become one of the most prestigious awards for short, formally. The post Third Annual Poetry Prize Open for Submissions appeared first on First Things

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Education

How the SPLC Got into America’s Classrooms

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has been indicted for a variety of crimes. To laymen, the allegation is that the organization has been paying hate groups to engage in. The post How the SPLC Got into America’s Classrooms appeared first on First Things

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