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The passing of Kevin Starr, the notable historian of California, is already being observed with predictable political…

In his Essays in Anthropology, Robert Spaemann observes that “the beginning of modern science was marked by…

What does God give in creation and redemption? He gives us our own existence, and that the…

Philip Gorski’s American Covenant examines the American tradition of civil religion or civic republicanism from the Puritans…

On this spoiler-filled episode of the First Things Podcast: Associate editor Julia Yost talks with assistant editor…

Kate Symondson begins her TLS review of recent editions of Joseph Conrad’s letters and his novel Victory…

The Guardian devoted a long recent editorial to an analysis of the political outlook of British Prime…

In a lengthy, admirably dispassionate New Yorker piece on “Intellectuals for Trump,” Kelefa Sanneh notes that “Trumpism…

In an interview with Asia Times reporter Doug Tsuruoka, Brookings Fellow and former US Treasury emissary to…

In his pre-game New Yorker profile of Alabama football coach Nick Saban, Benjamin Wallace-Wells suggests that Saban…

At the Atlantic, Matthew Hutson summarizes recent research on the psychology of awe. The executive summary: Awe…

James Fallows summarizes his findings from a period of travel around the US. It’s good news: Erie,…

In their just-released Decolonization: A Short History, Jan Jansen and Jurgen Osterhammel observe that decolonization not only…

Christopher Caldwell’s review of Walter McDougall’s The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy is sooo good. McDougall explains…

The following is the homily for the funeral Mass of the Irish poet John Montague, celebrated on…