It’s now 250 years since America declared her independence and embarked on the experiment of fashioning a nation dedicated to liberty. Do those long-ago events and the deliberations of men who wore ...

According to the online Encyclopedia Britannica, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885) was “an Italian-born businessman who was noted for his philanthropy and support of Jewish rights.” In the England to ...

I appreciate J. H. H. Weiler’s desire for God’s mercy to be extended to Gentiles and his commitment to Torah (“The Scandal of Jewish Belief,” August/September 2026). However, it ...

The editors discuss the NatCon in Jerusalem, the scandal at Cornell University and its broader implications, and whether AI could ever be considered to be conscious. Further reading: ...

In mid-September, I joined a lunch with the leaders of a village in Syunik, southern Armenia. The president of neighboring Azerbaijan has been threatening for several years to “return” this region to ...

A friend of mine asked a researcher at Anthropic whether Claude was conscious. He replied, “Are you talking about any single session of Claude, or the aggregation of all sessions?” My friend pressed, ...

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor , Leonard Sax joins in to discuss his book, Boys Adrift: The Six Factors Driving ...

How would you write a public letter that you know will become front-page news? Would you write it yourself, or would you have a team of lawyers or a public relations firm write it for you? Or would ...

In this episode, First Things senior editor Dan Hitchens joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent essay, “The Making of Roger Scruton,” from the October 2026 issue of the ...

The now-ubiquitous terms “reproductive health” and “reproductive freedom” have contributed mightily to a slaughter of the innocents in these United States. The death toll from that massacre is now ...