Total civilizational collapse is unusual. In the West, continuity exists between the Roman past and our contemporary states, despite the invasions of “barbarian” groups. The Franks, that ancient people... The…
First Things ↗The Information State is one of the most important books of the twenty-first century. In a virtuoso performance, Jacob Siegel harmonizes political theory, investigative journalism, and contemporary history to demonstrate…
First Things ↗In a simpler time, the internet was full of cats. Flooding message boards and YouTube with images of the web’s furry folk mascot was frivolous, perhaps, but harmless, a suitably nonsensical…
First Things ↗The asters bloom amid late-summer heat,Low-lying stars that will not linger longAnd bend their sprays beneath the year’s retreat.How shall we weigh such goods against such wrong? The flame and... The…
First Things ↗America has just celebrated its 250th birthday amid a quiet but consequential confusion: a growing tendency to treat the American Revolution and the French Revolution as siblings—two chapters in... The…
First Things ↗Last year we laid squares of sodDown in our bare yard. At first,Pale, slender spears grew tall and sparse.When the wind blew, the blades bowed.Evenings, we watered. And once,... The…
First Things ↗Modest is hottest, or so we’ve been told. In her first book, Anna Kalinowska rejects this school of thought and offers the traditional Catholic woman a guide to dress as…
First Things ↗Sunshine's 'Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism' clearly establishes that the counterculture of the "long 1960s" is not merely a left-wing or so-called "cultural Marxist" story, but that its appropriation and…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗When I traveled to Norway for the first time, I was already a devoted reader of Sigrid Undset and in awe of her courage and character. A Nobel laureate... The…
First Things ↗To Arrive Where We Started:Belonging in the Modern World by ian marcus corbinyale university press, 200 pages, $32.50 Ian Marcus Corbin’s new book, To Arrive Where We Started, offers a... The…
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