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A selection of recent articles on this topic

Nate Hochman on Cannabusiness

R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Nate Hochman to talk about his article “Cannabusiness Goes to Pot” from…

Fiction and Friendship

John Wilson

Here are some recently published books: Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden…

Hans Boersma on Saving Mankind

R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Hans Boersma to talk about his article, “Saving Mankind,” from…

Christians Should Rejoice Over Dobbs

Carl R. Trueman

The Dobbs decision has revealed fault lines in American Christianity. These fault lines lay just below the…

The Last Twentieth-Century Film

Miles Smith

About halfway through Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise’s eponymous Pete “Maverick” Mitchell has a romantic encounter with…

The Importance of “Yes”

R. R. Reno

The First Things 2022 Spring Campaign seeks to raise $600,000 by June 30. To make your contribution, visit www.evo.firstthings.com/donate. It’s…

Uvalde, Abortion, and the Limits of Compassion

John Murdock

What about a 48-hour waiting period or, for someone 18 years old, parental consent? They’re willing to…

Letters

Various

Catholic Fiction Cassandra Nelson’s “A Theo­logy of Fiction” (April) is a welcome intervention and advance in an…

The Key to Happiness

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. J. Budziszewski joins the podcast to…

Texas Abortion Showdown

John Murdock

In the streets of Laredo, Texas, Congressman Henry Cuellar is fighting for his political life. Today, he…

Why Pro-Abortion Activists Desecrate Churches

Carl R. Trueman

Since the news broke that the Supreme Court may be poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, some…

What Christopher Alexander Saw

Nikos A. Salingaros

The architect Christopher Alexander (1936–2022), who passed away last month, showed us how to reconnect to the…

The Tears of Things

Peter J. Leithart

Sunt lacrimae rerum,” Aeneas tells his companion Achates as they gaze at a mural of the Trojan…

J. J. Kimche on Meir Kahane

R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by J. J. Kimche to talk about his article from the…

Batman Beyond Vengeance

Alexi Sargeant

Matt Reeves’s The Batman, the latest cinematic exploration of Gotham City’s Dark Knight, is about a Batman…