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  1. From the archives: The “liberal” elements in early American political thought must always be understood as being propounded in tension with other, more communitarian, views of human society.

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  2. Poetry from the print edition: Gail White takes a stroll through Venice.

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  3. The moderate man is willing to look beyond his individual desires and toward a larger drama in which other people feature, too.

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  4. How should we understand the virtues of evildoers like Brutus and Ulysses?

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  5. For more than 35 years, photographer Sam Fentress has been documenting public displays of piety. His work is currently on display at our New York office—come by soon to take a stroll through our gallery.

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  6. RSVP now to hear Michael Doran deliver the 2018 First Things Lecture at the Catholic University of America.

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  7. The practice of digital self-harm—sending hurtful messages to oneself online—is more common than most people suspect.

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  8. The Establishment media no longer enjoys the confidence of the people.

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  9. Jan 28

    From the archives: It is very late in the day, Heidegger believed, and we are very near the night of total nihilism.

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  10. Jan 28

    From the archives: Kierkegaard is for those who have attained the wisdom of knowing how fragile and partial is our knowledge in the face of the absolute.

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  11. Jan 28

    It is impossible to embrace contraception, even by being ambiguous or apparently “neutral” toward it, without getting entangled with abortion.

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  12. Jan 28

    With his new biography, A. N. Wilson has gotten under the skin of Darwin’s most devoted disciples.

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  13. Jan 27

    Mozart was born on this day in 1756. From the archives: Music can do many things. But music—even Mozart’s music—cannot overcome the will.

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  14. Jan 27

    There’s a grand alliance just waiting to be born between people who are pro-animal and people who are pro-life.

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  15. Jan 27

    People with Down syndrome won’t be respected or accepted until they are known, and until they are loved.

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  16. Jan 27

    According to Pierre Manent, Luther delivered people from clerics only to give them into the hands of kings.

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  17. Jan 26

    From the archives: The literal sense of a song or a poem is only part of its meaning—physical sound and rhythm exercise a power of enchantment that eludes paraphrase.

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  18. Jan 26

    Did you miss our 2017 Erasmus Lecture with Bishop Robert Barron? Watch the recording here!

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  19. Jan 26

    Dear friends: Many of these events are still upcoming, including a talk in New York featuring Prof. Wilfred McClay and Rabbi Shalom Carmy.

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  20. Jan 26

    A discussion from the Letters section: Is culture really downstream of politics?

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