Conservatism
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L.A. and Elon
The editors discuss the immigration riots in Los Angeles, and Donald Trump’s feud with Gavin Newsom. Then…
Glenn Greenwald Is Not a Victim
In a scene from the 1961 British neo-noir film Victim, four gay men are having a conversation…
Saving Christian Europe
Christianity made Europe,” Georges Bernanos writes in The Great Cemeteries Under the Moon. “Christianity is dead. Europe…
Fukuyama Gets Strauss Wrong
Francis Fukuyama lacks self-knowledge. On June 4, he republished excerpts from Leo Strauss’s 1941 lecture on “German…
A Catholic Fix for American Higher Education?
Why are so many American colleges and universities in crisis? Drew Gilpin Faust, an accomplished Civil War…
The Hour for a New Humanism | 2025 D.C. Lecture
In this episode, First Things brings you the recording of the 2025 D.C. Lecture presented by Carl Trueman.…
Getting Foreign Aid Right
Rhetorical restraint is not prominent in Washington these days. Given the volatile personalities involved and the escalatory…
How to Commemorate 1776
Next year is America’s 250th anniversary, and President Trump has promised us a “spectacular birthday party.” The…
The Persistence of Ideology
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Daniel J. Mahoney joins…
Battle for Young Minds
If you happened to tune in to America’s most popular podcasts these last few months, you might’ve…
Women Without Men!
In this episode, Darel E. Paul joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his…
The Love Society and Its Enemies
Written by Karl Popper after he fled Austria in the late 1930s, The Open Society and Its…
We Are All Postliberals Now | Inaugural Neuhaus Lecture
In this episode, First Things brings you the recording of the Inaugural Neuhaus Lecture presented by Patrick J.…
Are the Tech Bros Worse than Queer Theorists?
Last week, two signs of our times passed across my desk. First, a colleague drew my attention…
The Right Has Forgotten Feeling
I'm not sure how I got here, into these pages. Lately I’ve found myself in a lot…
