Why do the humanities face such a hostile climate? In part it’s because academics have excluded ordinary, intelligent readers from their work. Professors in the contemporary academy... The post To…
First Things ↗During Barack Obama’s presidency, several political movements arose that were to define America long after he had left the scene. The first was organized around a new view of... The…
First Things ↗The Gospel of Matthew ends with this promise of Jesus to his disciples: “Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age”—an eternal covenant. Now imagine... The…
First Things ↗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…
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