4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (139+ words) I confess that English pubs have been among the great joys of my life. I routinely give directions around Gloucestershire by the names of the various village pubs, and even this summer I managed to indulge a little in visiting…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (78+ words) With Constitution Day taking place this month, a few books on the Founding of our republic are worth notice. Mark Bauerlein is contributing editor at First Things. A new play inspired by the seven-film Paranormal Activity series is now on…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (188+ words) Reluctant as I am to fiddle with the U.S. Constitution, I’m willing to consider an amendment banning any elementary school from opening before Labor Day. In those innocent days, these things seemed as immutable as the law of gravity. So at…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (333+ words) We are pleased to announce the winners of the third annual First Things Poetry Prize. Forester McClatchey has won first place for his poem “Lethe.” This year’s external judge, James Matthew Wilson, wrote that the sonnet “about memory, desire, and…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (409+ words) When Greg and Tammy discovered groups for estranged parents, they were startled to learn that others had been vilified with the same language they’d heard from Alice. Parents described a similarly surreal and often swift unraveling during which they were…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (599+ words) The elders were at a loss for words. They knew that the church had not directly addressed this issue before and that Anna hadn’t spoken to any of the pastors or leaders about it. What should they make of Anna’s…...