The following excerpt from Joseph Orso, On the Threshold of Worlds: Tending My Father Before and After His Last Breath is published with permission from Front Porch Republic Books and…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗We are pleased to announce the winners of the third annual First Things Poetry Prize. Forester McClatchey has won first place for his poem “Lethe.” This year’s external judge,... The…
First Things ↗Minor quibbles about practicalities aside, this book about caring for our dead and reclaiming old rituals and practices that once made up the fabric of community is really asking a…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Gress doesn’t deliver on her promise of a rigorous, methodical takedown of feminism as an ideology. Her account is partial at best, and misleading at worst.
Mere Orthodoxy ↗In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Neil Gross joins in to discuss his recent book, What Happened to College?: How Politics Broke... The…
First Things ↗The Making of the American Mind:The Story of Our Declaration of Independenceby matthew spalding encounter, 344 pages, $32.99 On the night he was elected president, in November 2008, Barack... The…
First Things ↗William Lane Craig has recently caused some consternation by saying he does not confess the faith of the Nicene Creed. The reaction is understandable. Nicene orthodoxy, after all, is... The…
First Things ↗Lardner treated skeptical questions seriously and respectfully, and unlike many previous Christian apologists, he never resorted to invective or denigration when debating his skeptical opponents.
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Modern social media and technology have fashioned incurvatus en se into a way of life. Welcome, then, to the Era of Self-Focus.
Mere Orthodoxy ↗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…
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