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Join Us at the National Conservatism Conference, September 2022

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August 2, 2022 at 7:59 PM

The Hypocrisy of Masks

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August 1, 2022 at 8:01 PM

We shall not all sleep...

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July 31, 2022 at 7:59 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Humanism

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July 28, 2022 at 6:59 PM

2022 Austin Lecture with Carl R. Trueman

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July 26, 2022 at 6:29 PM

Black Nationalism

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July 25, 2022 at 8:59 PM

What is death?

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July 24, 2022 at 5:14 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on China

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July 22, 2022 at 3:00 PM

R. R. Reno on the Pro-Life Future

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July 21, 2022 at 6:59 PM

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July 20, 2022 at 7:59 PM

One month until our Intellectual Retreat!

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July 19, 2022 at 6:00 PM

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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

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July 15, 2022 at 2:59 PM

An exclusive introductory offer from First Things

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July 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Upcoming First Things Events

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July 12, 2022 at 7:59 PM

Christianity and Poetry

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July 10, 2022 at 5:14 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Tolerance

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July 6, 2022 at 7:59 PM

The final numbers

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July 5, 2022 at 6:29 PM

Incarnate Worship

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July 3, 2022 at 4:44 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Capitalism

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July 2, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Join us on August 19!

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June 30, 2022 at 4:00 PM

A final invitation

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June 28, 2022 at 8:54 PM

What Sex Really Is

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June 27, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Yes

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June 26, 2022 at 4:44 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Music

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June 24, 2022 at 5:04 PM

Roe has fallen

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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

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June 20, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Marveling at the paradox of limits

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June 19, 2022 at 4:44 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Slavery

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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

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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

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June 11, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Reflecting on mankind’s fundamental state

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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

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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

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May 31, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Regime Change, American Style

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May 29, 2022 at 4:29 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on the American Founding

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May 26, 2022 at 6:59 PM

Save the Date!

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May 24, 2022 at 7:44 PM

State of Emergency

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May 22, 2022 at 4:29 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Michelangelo

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May 18, 2022 at 6:44 PM

Books in remembrance of Richard John Neuhaus

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May 17, 2022 at 7:00 PM

A Gentler Christendom

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