Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Renewing Human Rights
When Eleanor Roosevelt and a small group of people gathered at the behest of the U.N. in…
Covington Catholic’s Failed Leaders
Shame on our Catholic and conservative leaders. Many of them joined the cyber-lynching of their own young…
Sin Aboundeth
The story of offshore finance is a familiar one. Individuals or companies want to avoid taxes, fines,…
Why I Assigned The Kingdom
Last week, a controversy erupted over a book I assigned in a five-student advanced literature seminar at…
False Counsel at Fordham
Shortly before my freshman year at Fordham University, I came out to my parents and close friends.…
Tale of Two Quarterbacks
It’s been business as usual for University of Alabama football this year. They (OK—I’ll use the fanatic…
Inside Amazon
Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britainby james bloodworthatlantic, 288 pages, $19.95 What single image best sums up…
Our Most Popular Articles of 2018
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at First Things! On this final day…
Terrence Malick and the Great Thing
It looked like a perfectly ordinary premiere. At the Academy Theatre in Hollywood, the red carpet was…
The Virgin Whore and the Humorless Don
Much like oil and water, humor and liberal academia do not mix. Anyone who has spent time…
The New Cool
More than any other filmmakers, the Coen brothers have wormed their way into my everyday. The Hudsucker…
Favorite Books of 2018
For many years when I was editing Books & Culture, I posted an annual list of favorites.…
The Kominsky Method and the Hollywood Boomers
A new, fascinating genre of comedy has recently appeared. It is generally written by top Hollywood writers…
Coming Attractions for 2019
Two weeks from now, I’ll write in this space about some of my favorite books from 2018.…
Mothers Against Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron deepened one of his rhetorical ruts this fall, again stating publicly that human…
