Dear Reader,

Last week, First Things launched the online portion of its spring fundraising campaign. The initial response has been strong, and I’m grateful to the many readers who have already contributed. We have a ways to go before we reach our campaign goal of $500,000 by July 2, however. 

If you have yet to donate to our campaign, please make your gift to First Things today.  

Your support will come at a pivotal moment as we collectively attempt to make sense of the crises—of law, order, and even common sense—that have plagued our society over the course of the past year. 

Even now, the drumbeats of panic continue: Trillions spent. Proposals to add new states and pack the Supreme Court. Election laws and Senate procedures denounced as racist.

First Things does not dance to the beat of the news cycle. 

Our ambition is to see more deeply into the moral and spiritual forces at work in our society. We bring eternal truths into the passing debates and distractions of public life.

Your gift is essential to our efforts: subscriptions account for less than one-third of First Things’ revenue. The generosity of readers like you makes up the rest.

Will you support our work to create deeper conversations in public life with a gift today? 

Sincerely,


R. R. Reno, Editor
First Things