There is a Yiddish witticism, Der Mensch tracht, un Gott lacht (“Man plans, and God laughs”), and recent events suggest the divine has a particularly puckish sense of humor.... The…
First Things ↗David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and Godby peter ormerodbloomsbury, 256 pages, $28 Thirty-four years ago today, David Bowie knelt on the stage at Wembley Stadium in... The…
First Things ↗In 1984 Apple ran a Super Bowl ad ushering in a new era. The commercial featured a dystopian panopticon (a central observation tower occupied by the ever-watchful “Big Brother”) enforcing…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗I’ve never cried harder than when they came to take away “our” little girl. My family and I wept as they walked out the door with a baby we had…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Rob Jenkins joins in to discuss his recent memoir, Shooting After Practice: A JUCO Odyssey.... The…
First Things ↗On January 24, 2025, Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff was sentenced to seventeen years in prison for his role in a $250 million fraud scheme. Along with other members of the... The…
First Things ↗What do you think of when you hear the word “enchantment?” Perhaps magic, or a mystic gloss that covers reality with a transient veneer of the divine. Whatever that means.…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗The coast itself is called Hormuz, for Horomazes, Ahura Mazda, the lord of wisdom, God of the Achaemenid Zoroastrians. But the Encyclopedia Britannica says this is a mistake. The name…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Americans are reflecting again on the principles that shaped their political order. The declaration famously appeals... The…
First Things ↗Just war is again being discussed in the public square by policymakers and prelates alike. Recently, the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Doctrine, Bishop James Massa, made a... The…
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