In a recent post on his Substack, Samuel James discussed the difference between being a writer and a content creator:
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Recently a split image was posted online of actor Tom Hardy: on one side was his much younger self; on the other was a current photo bearing the less flattering…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗to seeHer wanting some illusion in the glassAs much as I want things I cannot have:Assurance that my children never suffer;An ordinary life where things make sense.—Wilmer Mills, “Crosswalk”... The…
First Things ↗Decay and death seem built into the structure of physical creation. Even if there could be a world in which only plants and fruit were eaten—the world suggested by... The…
First Things ↗Is there anything to rebel against in your thirties? That’s a question any millennial lover-of-punk-rock or any formerly angsty teenager will occasionally find themselves asking, and it’s the question I…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗At the recent World Architecture Festival—an annual international gathering of leading figures where prestigious prizes are awarded—the biggest prize of all was awarded to a church. As the news article…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Mollie Hemingway joins in to discuss her recent book, Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the... The…
First Things ↗The third annual First Things Poetry Prize is now open for submissions. Started in 2024, the prize has quickly become one of the most prestigious awards for short, formally... The…
First Things ↗Last week, Denise Lee Yohn issued a plea in Our Work Matters to God (Even if Our Church Doesn’t Say So): “I wish my pastor understood me, believed in me,…
Washington Institute ↗“Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever… Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of…
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