I am no prophet. In fact, the two most life-altering “prophecies” I ever voiced were spectacularly wrong. The first occurred just six months into my teaching career. After overhearing one…
Washington Institute ↗On a sunny afternoon in 2005, Steve Jobs exchanged his signature black turtleneck for a gown and red stole. Standing before the anxious crowd of Stanford graduates, he delivered the…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗A perennial topic among classical educators is what to make of its ambivalent usefulness. When a school announces that it will introduce Latin to its curriculum, the approving comments from…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗In this episode, Brad East joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent review, “Mainlining Nostalgia” from the April 2026 issue of the magazine.... The…
First Things ↗When it comes to papal matters in Rhode Island, I am often interviewed on the local news. Thus, I get my “fifteen minutes of fame” whenever a pope dies... The…
First Things ↗For Instanceby rhina p. espaillatwiseblood books, 126 pages, $18 Dominican-American poet and translator Rhina Espaillat, at ninety-four, has spent decades examining life and then, graciously and modestly, punching us... The…
First Things ↗Reading—for obvious reasons—Henri Daniel-Rops’s The Church in the Dark Ages, I have been repeatedly struck by the truism that moments of institutional crisis demand genuinely great leaders. Movements, forces, trends... The…
First Things ↗Today civil political discourse seems like a Tasmanian Tiger or Passenger Pigeon: a fascinating thing of the past but gone for good. Political turbulence marks us, and with it an…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Last month, Meta and Google were found guilty of negligence in a lawsuit arguing that social media has helped fuel a generation’s mental health crisis. The plaintiff was a young…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Trueman’s new book, The Desecration of Man, should further cement his authority. It supplements, focuses, and in some fundamental ways deepens the analysis of The Rise and Triumph of the…
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