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Briefly Noted — 10/24

John Murdock

Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Mattersby carmen joy imesintervarsity academic, 248 pages, $22.99 Don’t set your…

Briefly Noted — 11/24

Various

Encounters with Euclid: How an Ancient Greek Geometry Text Shaped the Worldby benjamin wardhaughprinceton university, 416 pages,…

The Life and Letters of a Fiery Jesuit

R. R. Reno

In this episode, First Things Patricia Snow joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk…

Not a Lament but an Ode to the Makers

Wendy Videlock

Someone somewhere long ago      with a pair of hands, a bit of earthand a thirsty…

Letters – October 2024

Various

Middle Game Tactics Thank you for hosting the post-Dobbs symposium (“Pro-Life Politics After Dobbs,” June/July) of observations…

You Better Believe It

Craig A. Carter

Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identityby carl r.…

Guerrilla ­Culture War

John Duggan

The War Against the Past: Why The West Must Fight For Its Historyby frank furedipolity, 240 pages,…

Two Owls

Josiah Cox

First Place — 2024 First Things Poetry Prize

Catholic Civil Rights Heroes

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Matthew Daniels joins in…

The Metaphysical Promise of the Consumer Society

Stephen G. Adubato

In a book documenting his travels through the United States, a Frenchman commented that “there is nothing…

Renewing Labor

Jonathan Berry

Conservatives have placed a new spotlight on the policy and politics of work. In his VP acceptance…

Are Children Worth It?

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Anastasia Berg and Rachel…

Building Back Better

Liel Leibovitz

Once upon a time, in a faraway place called Brooklyn, there lived a museum director named Anne…

America Was Not Stolen

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Jeffrey Fynn-Paul joins in…

The Truth About Sexual Transition

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Jennifer Lahl joins in…