The music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has been described as spiritual, transcendent, Eastern, angelic, ethereal, mystical, ascetic, tranquil, otherworldly. Jeremy Begbie adds “escapist” to the modifiers, criticizing Pärt... The…
First Things ↗The very words of the Declaration already demand something like a faith commitment, both in the founders who signed it and the “one people” the Declaration claims is America itself.
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Near the end of his essay on poetry and marriage Wendell Berry considers how free verse fits into his broader consideration of the relationship between fixed poetic forms and fixed…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗In this episode, Nathan Pinkoski joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent introduction to Éric Zemmour’s book, The Suicide of France. The conversation... The…
First Things ↗This symposium will appear in the August/September issue of First Things. The United States of America dates her birth in accord with a foundational document, the Declaration of Independence.... The…
First Things ↗The Trump v. Barbara decision concerning birthright citizenship did not surprise me. Mass migration is the most explosive issue in today’s politics. It puts tremendous stress on the postwar... The…
First Things ↗Ours is not a heritage of blood, nor of soil. Our heritage is one of the noblest ideas in the history of mankind, “that all men are created equal, that…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Jefferson did not “live out the full meaning of [his] creed.” But he understood that when he declared that “all men are created equal,” he could never be fully comfortable…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Buckingham Palace has updated the official description of the monarch’s role vis-à-vis the Church of England. No longer is the king the “Defender of the Faith”; rather, “His Majesty... The…
First Things ↗On Tuesday, in a decision that will rank among the most consequential—and misguided—of the modern era, the Supreme Court entrenched an expansive vision of birthright citizenship in Trump v.... The…
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