President Donald Trump began his second term by ordering the federal government to “secure the right of the American people to engage in constitutionally protected speech” and end federal censorship.Twenty months later — this Monday — the White…
For the Carmelites, 2026 is a jubilee year dedicated to St. John of the Cross, marking 300 years since his canonization and 100 years since he was proclaimed a doctor of the Church. The post The Saint behind the ‘Dark Night’…
A sitting U.S. senator has asked for a federal investigation of an online “marketplace” that allegedly has boasted of sending abortion chemicals to points in states where they are banned. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has written a letter, a criminal…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted Reflect Orbital authority to deploy and operate a satellite designed to redirect sunlight onto Earth after dark.For now, the approval covers one experimental spacecraft, not the enormous…
A retired Baptist pastor was convicted Thursday of preaching near an abortion center, in an egregious case of violation of free speech rights. The pastor was convicted of breaching a so-called buffer zone outside an abortion clinic after he led…
U.S. — There are two major complaints about TV shows these days. One is that they take so long between seasons. Network TV used to put out 20-plus-episode seasons every single year, but modern shows sometimes take up to three years to produce…
It’s Lent, when our mortifications and the Church’s readings give us a sharper opportunity to think about what we love, and whether we are loving the right things. James Patrick was a wise man and a good friend. I met him after he had founded a…
Parental rights prevail. The Supreme Court handed parents a major win Monday, ruling that California public schools cannot keep families in the dark when children adopt a gender identity that differs from their sex recorded at birth. In a split…
Mendel Horowitz, First Things Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Before the Hamas war against Israel, the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, and yesterday’s shooting attack in Australia, I associated Hanukkah with triumph rather than…
According to an AP News report, the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members just blocks from the White House had been unraveling for years, unable to keep a job and cycling between long periods of isolation. Community members…
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