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July 19, 2022 at 6:00 PM

The Right Right

The Right Right American conservatism has been a remarkably unstable thing since the end of the Cold War. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate The Right Right Dan…
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July 18, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Check out these essays from our August/September issue!

Check out these essays from our August/September issue! Featuring Dana Gioia on poetry, Daniel McCarthy on conservatism, and Richard Bratby on music I am pleased to report that the August…
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July 17, 2022 at 5:14 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Poetry

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Poetry View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.”  – H.W. Longfell…
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July 15, 2022 at 2:59 PM

An exclusive introductory offer from First Things

An exclusive introductory offer from First Things View this email in your browser Introductory Subscription Offer 1 year (10 issues) with digital access at 50% off! …
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July 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Upcoming First Things Events

Upcoming First Things Events We are pleased to announce the following calendar of fall events. For more information and to RSVP, please click on the appropriate links below. We hope to see…
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July 12, 2022 at 7:59 PM

Christianity and Poetry

Christianity and Poetry The Incarnation requires an ode, not an email View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Our next Intellectual Retreat, “Death and Mourning,” wi…
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July 10, 2022 at 5:14 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Tolerance

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Tolerance View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.”  – H.W. Longf…
  R. R. Reno · [email protected]
July 6, 2022 at 7:59 PM

The final numbers

The final numbers View this email in your browser   Dear Reader, : As I trust you know by now, the theme of our 2022 Spring Campaign was “friendship.” It’s proven apt. Our recent campaign has affirm…
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July 5, 2022 at 6:29 PM

Incarnate Worship

Incarnate Worship Samira Kawash reflects on the limits of Zoom church View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Incarnate Worship Samira Kawash …
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July 3, 2022 at 4:44 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Capitalism

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Capitalism David Bentley Hart and Michael Novak from the archives View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp t…
  R. R. Reno · [email protected]
July 2, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Join us on August 19!

Join us on August 19! First Things Intellectual Retreat in New York City View this email in your browser   Dear Reader, Our New York City Intellectual Retreat is now less than two mo…
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June 30, 2022 at 4:00 PM

A final invitation

A final invitation View this email in your browser   Dear Reader, Today marks the end of our 2022 Spring Campaign. With hours to go, readers like you have given $588,000 toward our $600,000 campaign…
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June 28, 2022 at 8:54 PM

What Sex Really Is

What Sex Really Is Any satisfactory sexual ethic must explain what is special about sex. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Three days remain in …
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June 27, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Yes

Yes View this email in your browser   Dear Reader, To borrow a phrase, I think many of us on Friday found ourselves surprised by hope.   In addition to saving innocent human lives, Dobbs affirms the…
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June 26, 2022 at 4:44 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Music

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Music View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.”  – H.W. Longfello…
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June 24, 2022 at 5:04 PM

Roe has fallen

Roe has fallen View this email in your browser   Dear Reader, Wow. Roe has fallen. Praise be to God.  Thousands, most likely millions, of innocent human lives will be saved as a result of this deci…
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June 23, 2022 at 7:59 PM

Where faith belongs

Where faith belongs View this email in your browser   Dear Reader, To the secular elite, the answer is clear:  Prayer should have no place on the football field, as one Washington state high school…
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June 21, 2022 at 8:29 PM

All We Need Is Everything

All We Need Is Everything True freedom means the ability to live according to the truth about the human good View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate O…
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June 20, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Marveling at the paradox of limits

Marveling at the paradox of limits View this email in your browser   Dear Reader, It’s a paradox worthy of reflection: Limits are a necessary precondition for true freedom. This idea is not very fa…
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June 19, 2022 at 4:44 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Slavery

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Slavery Allen C. Guelzo and Wesley J. Smith from the archives View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp that …
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June 16, 2022 at 2:00 PM

A powerful voice for intellectual seriousness

A powerful voice for intellectual seriousness View this email in your browser   Dear Reader, As I write this, graduation season is all but wrapped up.  At many schools, the diploma hand-off—that al…
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June 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Alternative Realities

Alternative Realities Why has multiverse fiction become so popular? View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Just launched: the First Things 2022 Sprin…
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June 13, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Do you care about the same truth?

Do you care about the same truth? View this email in your browser   Dear Reader, “BFFs.” Facebook “friends.” The horrid “friends with benefits.”  As with terms like “love,” the increasing prevalenc…
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June 12, 2022 at 4:45 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Work

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Work View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.”  – H.W. Longfellow…
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June 11, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Reflecting on mankind’s fundamental state

Reflecting on mankind’s fundamental state First Things Intellectual Retreat in New York City View this email in your browser   Dear Reader, We moderns will do almost anything to avoi…
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June 9, 2022 at 2:01 PM

Shelter from the storm . . .

Shelter from the storm . . . View this email in your browser   Dear : On what is your house built?  The house built on sand may suffice when skies are clear. But when the rains fall, the flood comes…
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June 8, 2022 at 4:14 PM

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First Things web subscription Read without limits. View this email in your browser 1 year web subscription for $19.95! Read without limits. The web subscription includes access to the…
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June 7, 2022 at 6:44 PM

Architecture of Repair

Architecture of Repair View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Our next Intellectual Retreat, “Death and Mourning,” will be held August 19-20 IN New Yo…
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June 5, 2022 at 4:29 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Gnosticism

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Gnosticism Jeffrey Burke Satinover and Robert P. George from the archives View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden…
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June 2, 2022 at 7:46 PM

Corrected Link: R. R. Reno on Transgenderism

Corrected Link: R. R. Reno on Transgenderism The progressive imagination envisions a limitless future. View this email in your browser   The Public Square Transgenderism: Escaping Lim…
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June 2, 2022 at 6:59 PM

The Public Square: R. R. Reno on Transgenderism

The Public Square: R. R. Reno on Transgenderism The progressive imagination envisions a limitless future. View this email in your browser   The Public Square Transgenderism: Escaping …
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June 1, 2022 at 8:00 PM

Exceptional summer reading from First Things

Exceptional summer reading from First Things Visit our store today! View this email in your browser Find the books that interest you in the FIRST THINGS store. Summer is here and it’s …
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May 31, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Regime Change, American Style

Regime Change, American Style Watergate revealed Americans' impatience with democratic processes  View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Regime Change, American Sty…
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May 29, 2022 at 4:29 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on the American Founding

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on the American Founding View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.”  …
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May 26, 2022 at 6:59 PM

Save the Date!

Save the Date! First Things Intellectual Retreat in New York City View this email in your browser   Dear Reader, We are pleased to announce that our thirteenth First Things Intellect…
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May 24, 2022 at 7:44 PM

State of Emergency

State of Emergency A declaration of emergency aims to curtail liberty. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate State of Emergency Russell A. Berman …
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May 22, 2022 at 4:29 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Michelangelo

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Michelangelo View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.”  – H.W. Lo…
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May 18, 2022 at 6:44 PM

Books in remembrance of Richard John Neuhaus

Books in remembrance of Richard John Neuhaus Father Richard John Neuhaus, the influential founder of First Things, authored more than 35 books.  View this email in your browser In celebration of Father …
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May 17, 2022 at 7:00 PM

A Gentler Christendom

A Gentler Christendom Ross Douthat considers the limitations of integralism. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate A Gentler Christendom  Ross Douthat …
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May 15, 2022 at 4:59 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on the Enlightenment

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on the Enlightenment View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.”  – H.…
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May 11, 2022 at 7:59 PM

An introductory offer from First Things

An introductory offer from First Things Introductory subscription offer at 50% off! View this email in your browser Introductory Subscription Offer 1 year (10 issues) at 50% off! Inc…
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May 10, 2022 at 7:29 PM

Houellebecq’s Omelette

Houellebecq’s Omelette Michel Houellebecq conveys meaninglessness without being meaningless. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Houellebecq’s Omelette Theodore …
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May 8, 2022 at 4:59 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Literature

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Literature Jill P. Baumgaertner and Cassandra Nelson from the archives View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden cl…
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May 3, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Defeating the Equity Regime

Defeating the Equity Regime Vast and inexorable as the coercive equity regime may appear, it is vulnerable. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Defeating the Equ…
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May 1, 2022 at 3:59 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Religious Liberty

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Religious Liberty Essays by Yuval Levin and Peter L. Berger View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp that bi…
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April 26, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Ensnared in the Web

Ensnared in the Web Flooded by information, our common life has been swept away. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Ensnared in the Web Michael Toscano …
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April 24, 2022 at 4:59 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on the Song of Songs

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on the Song of Songs Shalom Carmy and Ann W. Astell from the archives View this email in your browser presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday afternoon newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp …
  Carter Skeel · [email protected]
April 21, 2022 at 3:00 PM

REMINDER: First Things Lecture in Kansas City

REMINDER: First Things Lecture in Kansas City View this email in your browser   One week from today, First Things will be hosting a public lecture in Kansas City on the topic of “What’s…
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April 20, 2022 at 9:00 PM

Start your mornings off strong with the First Things mug!

Start your mornings off strong with the First Things mug! Place your order today View this email in your browser Start your mornings off strong with First Things.  It’s no secret that read…
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April 19, 2022 at 6:00 PM

The Politics of Unhappiness

The Politics of Unhappiness Virtual reality, SSRIs, and psychotherapy all misunderstand the source of discontent. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate The Politic…