April 2015
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Letters
FREUD While “The Back Page” is usually my favorite part of First Things, I must object to…
Vinculum Magnum Entis
I was once told by a young, ardently earnest Thomist . . . you know, one of those manualist…
Apostolate of Death
On November 1, after posting a Facebook message stating, “Today is the day I have chosen to…
Licensing the Kingdom
St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality on the Lower East Side of Manhattan was one of the original…
Saving Punishment
Jim was holding his one-year-old son while smoking meth freebase when the oily liquid spilled on the…
Richard John Neuhaus
Richard John Neuhaus The biography is out. Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square was researched…
Dismantling the Cross
Generally speaking, there are two principal vocations in the life of the Catholic Church: marriage on the…
The End of the University
Universities exist to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and culture that will prepare them for life,…
Mechanized Justice
Justice Through Apologies: Remorse, Reform, and Punishment by nick smith cambridge, 413 pages, $33 For decades, American…
Briefly Noted
The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom by michael shermer …
The Poem Remembers
Why Homer Matters by adam nicolson henry holt and co., 320 pages, $30 Homer on the Gods…
A Real Theocrat
Christian Reconstructionism: R. J. Rushdoony and American Religious Conservatism by michael j. mcvicar north carolina, 326 pages,…
Barth Wars
Reading Barth with Charity: A Hermeneutical Proposal by george hunsinger baker, 208 pages, $24.99 Rumors of war…
Pelicans at Nags Head
Bumbling, ungainly, sag-chinned, laughable: on land, the pelicans concede their natures. Hugging the sand, one tries to…
John Glenn Smith’s Last Day
John Glenn Smith’s last day at home was hot, cicadas scratching out their shrilling rhythm from the…
Gated Community
The buyer signed the contract smugly sure The guarded walls he’d bought would keep away The street-game…
Gethsemane
Gethsemane means “olive press.”A place where the fruit of the tree is crushed and squeezedand the unbearable…
The Scapegoat
Your Dad is bad, your Mum is mad,Your brothers all run wild,And you were born with feet…
