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PRESENTS

SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT

A SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER

“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” —H. W. Longfellow

First Things writers reflect on the motivations behind seemingly “senseless” acts of violence.

DECEMBER 2001 ● BY JOSEPH BOTTUM

WHAT VIOLENCE IS FOR

Christian America suffers delusion and disbelief after September 11th.

JUNE 2016 ● BY R. R. RENO

TERRORISM IS NOT HATE

It’s politics.