1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (99+ words) A Medieval Pilgrimage in Modern Assisi'First Things Never have I felt what I thought had been buried deep down, underneath the symbolic complex, brought so remarkably to the surface. What had been sleeping was living and breathing again. At least…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (133+ words) It's hard to think of a sport that embodies the American spirit better than rodeo. But while the White House has opened its doors to countless baseball, hockey, and basketball athletes over the past forty years, America's best cowboys and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (193+ words) The moment was striking.In 2020,whenactressMichelle Williams stood on a similar stage at the Golden Globes to receive an accolade for herperformance, sheused the opportunity to celebrate herabortionforallowing hertheopportunitytoadvance her career. The message was clear: You can either hold a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (97+ words) To chart their demise is not an exercise in nostalgia. It is not the quaintness or simplicity of the past that is of value. To trace the disappearance of the very structures that once formed Americans to think with depth,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (447+ words) The Prodigal of Leningradby daniel taylorparaclete press, 256 pages, $21.99 There is of course no generic "Russian novel." Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy; Bulgakov, Solzhenitsyn, Sinyavsky/Tertz; the Strugatsky brothers: all Russian to the core, yet quite various. Still, I know a Russian novel…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (59+ words) The School of Night:A Novelby karl ove knausgaardtranslated by martin aitkenpenguin, 512 pages, $32.00 Trevor Cribben Merrill is the author of Minor Indignities. Create an account below to continue reading. Or, subscribe for full unlimited access Defend religious voices in the…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago  (265+ words) Astute observers will also note that First Things has so far launched two topical newsletters: the Fourth Watch pertaining to Catholicism, and the Protestant Mind. Which means the time is ripe for a newsletter on Judaism to complete the trifecta....

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (536+ words) No matter how much effort conservatives put into cultural production, no matter how far the progressive mainstream declines, conservatives never come out on top. Nothing they produce ever feels good, refreshing, or genuinely life-giving. This backward-looking approach to culture fits…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (322+ words) First Things is pleased to announce the publication of its new print literary quarterly, Portico, starting in spring 2026. The title of the quarterly comes from a proposed but never realized literary journal that had the support of both T. S. Eliot and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (252+ words) For a medievalist like myself, I'm delighted by how close Gaud's work is to a medieval cathedral: Like a medieval cathedral, Gaud's "temple" (as he called it) is an icon of the universe, including everything from worms to stars, from…...