Anyone paying attention to low and declining fertility today knows that it is a problem. Fewer children automatically produces an aging society. Fertility rates well below the level of... The…
First Things ↗National conservatism’s ascent is a story often mistold: Once upon a time, there was Donald Trump, and Donald Trump changed everything. The truth is more complicated, and more instructive.... The…
First Things ↗England’s best-groomed town is Darlington, Yorkshire. Data from Britain’s Office of National Statistics show that in 2024, Darlington (pop. 110,562) had 125 barber shops and beauty salons... The post Back…
First Things ↗Alec Ryrie. The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It. University of Chicago Press, 2025. $24.00. 160 pp.
Mere Orthodoxy ↗In the ancient baptismal liturgy, the Christian is asked to renounce three things: Satan, his works, and his empty promises. The third of these has always been the most fascinating,…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗My Lenten reading has included an interesting, if somewhat odd, book about the greatest of the Latin Fathers of the Church: Augustine the African by Catherine Conybeare, a philologist... The…
First Things ↗War-making is a dynamic enterprise. Military successes and failures change the circumstances of conflict. That’s certainly the case for the war with Iran. The hoped-for domestic uprising against the... The…
First Things ↗Mastering the Four Arguments:The Classical Art of Persuasive Writingby gregory roperencounter books, 192 pages, $29.99 A major problem facing classical education is that there are too many books. Imagine... The…
First Things ↗In the musical Wicked, the familiar story of The Wizard of Oz is retold from the perspective of its supposed villain. When Elphaba, the green-skinned, talented young woman who will…
First Things ↗In June 2011, lobster diver Michael Packard was briefly swallowed by a humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod. A year ago, off the coast of Chile, another humpback…
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