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Assassination of a Jordanian Journalist
On Sunday, September 25, the 56-year-old Jordanian Christian Nahed Hattar was assassinated in Amman, Jordan. He had…
Escape from Enlightenment
For over twenty years Will Allen was the in-house videographer for the Buddhafield—a religious group, eventually numbering…
Doing Wonders
“Remember His wonders which He does,” the Levites sing when the ark is brought to Jerusalem (1…
American Caesar
In this episode of the First Things Podcast: Helen Andrews provides some historical perspective on the choice…
The Dishonest Capitulation of Michael Gerson
Anyone who hasn’t seen the recent writings of one Publius Decius Mus should stop reading right now…
Dylan a’Changin’
Few pop stars have been as mercurial as Bob Dylan. Folk singer, rock star, gospel singer, a…
Creativity in a Secular Age
Toward the end of the rambunctious Paris Review interview, sometimes a meta-interview about the process of interviewing,…
Why We Need Leviathan
In a NYRB review of Anthony Gottlieb’s Dream of Enlightenment, Thomas Nagel corrects Gottlieb’s account of Hobbes’s…
Sacred Distraction
In his poignant, deeply personal New York essay on his distraction addiction, Andrew Sullivan reflects on the…
Who Owns Antiquities?
Maxwell Anderson’s forthcoming Antiquities surveys the world of antiquities, summarizing law, history of collection, the difference between…
Speculation Nation
Stuart Banner attempts to draw the fine line between investment and gambling in his forthcoming Speculation. Among…
How Change Happens
The world is full of activists and “change agents,” but Duncan Green doesn’t think anyone has a…
Postmodern Manicheanism
In his published conversation with Zygmunt Bauman about Liquid Evil, Leonidas Donskis observes that “Optimism is, above…
The Wild of the Mass
At a funeral Mass today I happened to be sitting next to an older lady who, when…
Abraham’s Fourfold Genealogy
Abraham’s genealogy in 1 Chronicles 1 can’t seem to get off the ground. He’s identified as father…
