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First Things

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“The women who flourish are not those who win the girlboss game, perfect the tradwife aesthetic, or embrace Marxism’s spiritual statism. They are those who are rooted in genuine religious community, mentored by wise older women, and protected by faithful men.” @emlwaters
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Neither Girlboss nor Tradwife Emma Waters Available to read in full at firstthings.com/neither-girlbo…
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“Like Burke, I began with the recognition that neither girlboss feminism nor the online tradwife movement has the answer women are looking for. But where Burke turned to Noam Chomsky, and ultimately Marxism, I turned to the Bible.” @emlwaters
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Neither Girlboss nor Tradwife Emma Waters Available to read in full at firstthings.com/neither-girlbo…
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Neither Girlboss nor Tradwife Emma Waters Available to read in full at firstthings.com/neither-girlbo…
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“We are not raw material in the hands of those who build the machines. We are persons. We are made in the image of God. We will not surrender our principles to the technology. The technology will answer to our principles.”
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The American Covenant’s Answer to AI Josh Hawley on artificial intelligence, human dignity, and the moral foundations of American self-government. Read in full at tinyurl.com/JoshHawleyai
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“In deciding how to govern this technology, we are not merely writing policy. We are renewing—or surrendering—the moral basis of our life together.”
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The American Covenant’s Answer to AI Josh Hawley on artificial intelligence, human dignity, and the moral foundations of American self-government. Read in full at tinyurl.com/JoshHawleyai
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The American Covenant’s Answer to AI Josh Hawley on artificial intelligence, human dignity, and the moral foundations of American self-government. Read in full at tinyurl.com/JoshHawleyai
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Emma Waters
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In Caro Claire Burke’s “Yesteryear,” her “protagonist may be dressed in tradwife clothing, but her novel reveals far more about the spiritual lostness of secular women than about the religious women she set out to critique.” Me in @firstthingsmag
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Please join us on August 7–8, 2026, for two days of intellectual enrichment and good company as we explore the topic of beauty. The retreat will feature a keynote lecture, a panel, and seminar discussions led by instructors from Eastern University’s Templeton Honors College. The
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“Davis’s Offensive Christianity imputes supernatural importance to both humdrum and spectacular manliness. It is thus paramount that men exercise the manliness muscle, lest it atrophy and die. Inoffensive Christianity equates such a death with piety. But a doctrinally healthy
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The Return of Strong Christian Men by Scott Yenor Available now to read: firstthings.com/the-return-of-…
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The Return of Strong Christian Men by Scott Yenor Available now to read: firstthings.com/the-return-of-…
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In our most recent podcast episode, @matthewschmitz joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Our Strange Catholic Moment” from the June/July 2026 issue of the magazine. Listen in full at firstthings.com/this-catholic-…
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I wrote a few thoughts on the LDS/Christian question over at @firstthingsmag
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New in @firstthingsmag, @scottyenor reviews Offensive Christianity: “Davis’s roadmap for discipling young men may just issue in renewal—of both church and civilization.”
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