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Education

The Education of Cole Tomas Allen

This essay will appear in the upcoming June/July issue of First Things. The most terrifying and telling contemporary piece of American writing is about a thousand words long. It. The post The Education of Cole Tomas Allen appeared first on First Things

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Recovering the University’s Soul

The contemporary university is widely acknowledged to be in crisis. Loss of public confidence, relentless tuition increases, and intensifying debates over speech and academic freedom. The post Recovering the University’s Soul appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Why Portico? (ft. Micah Mattix)

In this episode, Micah Mattix joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about Portico, a new literary quarterly published by the Institute on Religion and Public. The post Why Portico? (ft. Micah Mattix) appeared first on First Things

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Politics

Charles and Trump’s Very Special Relationship

Amid rampant speculation about what King Charles would say and do on his state visit to the United States, and what outrages Donald Trump might cause, few commentators took. The post Charles and Trump’s Very Special Relationship appeared first on First Things

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Project Hail Mary’s Unresolved Moral Dilemmas

Like practically everyone else, I loved Project Hail Mary, the runaway science fiction mega-hit film that has so far garnered over $600 million in worldwide revenue. Everything about the. The post Project Hail Mary’s Unresolved Moral Dilemmas appeared first on First Things

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Microplastics in Our Souls

The Last Men:Liberalism and the Death of Masculinityby charles cornish-daleregnery, 288 pages, $32.99 Charles Cornish-Dale, who posts on X under the nom de plume Raw Egg Nationalist, is a. The post Microplastics in Our Souls appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The Church’s Gender Gap Problem

When I was growing up, it wasn’t uncommon to hear women bemoan their husbands’ absence from church. I remember scanning the pews of St. Peter’s in Plattsburgh, New York,. The post The Church’s Gender Gap Problem appeared first on First Things

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Culture

In Thanksgiving for the Gift of Baptism

Three-quarters of a century ago, on April 29, 1951, I was baptized by Fr. Thomas Love, S.J., in Baltimore’s Church of Saints Philip and James. Old Scratch must have. The post In Thanksgiving for the Gift of Baptism appeared first on First Things

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Culture

America’s Prodigal Fathers (ft. Timothy Goeglein)

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Timothy S. Goeglein joins in to discuss his recent book, What Really Matters: Restoring a. The post America’s Prodigal Fathers (ft. Timothy Goeglein) appeared first on First Things

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Politics

Surrogacy Is Already Illegal

In 1984, a Virginia physician named H. Barry Jacobs announced a plan to broker human kidneys on the open market. Congress responded within months. The National Organ Transplant Act. The post Surrogacy Is Already Illegal appeared first on First Things

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Culture

How Science Killed Materialism

At the beginning of the twentieth century, materialists could feel triumphant. The four preceding centuries had yielded a rich harvest of scientific discoveries that fortified the materialist worldview, drawing. The post How Science Killed Materialism appeared first on First Things

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When Envy Turns Apocalyptic

Peter Thiel’s recently leaked lectures on the Antichrist—recorded secretly and published last year by The Guardian—reveal a worldview aligned with the apocalyptic anthropology of René Girard, the late theorist of. The post When Envy Turns Apocalyptic appeared first on First Things

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