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Politics

Natalism Will Smash the Gerontocracy

Life expectancy has increased in the U.S., rising a decade since 1950 and three decades since 1900. Good thing, right? Not altogether, argues Samuel Moyn in his recent Gerontocracy. The post Natalism Will Smash the Gerontocracy appeared first on First Things

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Technology

Introducing The Widening Gyre: A Technology Newsletter

The advent of artificial intelligence has done more than just push the frontier of the digital age; it’s opened questions about consciousness, labor, and what it means to be. The post Introducing The Widening Gyre: A Technology Newsletter appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The England I Knew Is Gone

Leslie Poles Hartley famously dubbed the past “a foreign country.” This summer, for the first time, I sensed that the present can be one too. My annual visit to. The post The England I Knew Is Gone appeared first on First Things

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Society

Lindsay Clancy and the Trials of Modern Parenting

The Lindsay Clancy case has taken an odd turn online. Clancy is facing three counts of first-degree murder after her children were found strangled in the family’s Duxbury home. The post Lindsay Clancy and the Trials of Modern Parenting appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The Possibility of Possibility

Might Couldby anna lena phillips bellwaywiser books, 88 pages, $19 Might could” is a Southern expression meaning “maybe I could” or “I might be able to,” conveying tentative possibility. The post The Possibility of Possibility appeared first on First Things

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Culture

A Surprisingly Subversive Sex Comedy

In his recent memoir, Communion, JD Vance talks about feeling “profoundly sad for today’s kids” navigating the dating scene. “Hookup culture wasn’t good in a lot of ways,” he. The post A Surprisingly Subversive Sex Comedy appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The Cathedral as Heaven

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Bishop Robert Barron joins in to discuss his new film, Heaven in Stone and Glass. Watch. The post The Cathedral as Heaven appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The False Promise of No Contact

Around the time nineteen-year-old Alice began cutting ties with her family, she announced on social media that she was bisexual and grateful for her “found family.” The phrase was. The post The False Promise of No Contact appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Equipping the Church for the IVF Era

When Anna, a pianist at her local church, began to show the unmistakable signs of pregnancy, her elders assumed it was unplanned and prepared to offer her counseling and. The post Equipping the Church for the IVF Era appeared first on First Things

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Politics

Ignorance and Conviction at Columbia

Darializa Avila Chevalier—upper Manhattan’s new congressional candidate, backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and endorsed by Mamdani—is shaping up to be one of the most dangerous students. The post Ignorance and Conviction at Columbia appeared first on First Things

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Education

Mathematics After AI

Last year, mathematicians from more than a dozen universities met in the city of Leiden to discuss how artificial intelligence will affect the future of their field. The fruit. The post Mathematics After AI appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The Last Grand Master from a Grander Age

The death of Sir Anthony Kenny on August 3, at the age of ninety-five, broke one of the last direct connections to an unparalleled period in the history of. The post The Last Grand Master from a Grander Age appeared first on First Things

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