First Things posts

From 2009 until 2023 I was an occasional blogger for the journal First Things. In 2025 FT revamped its website and in the process removed virtually everything I had written for it. Many of these posts were cross-listed on my blog, but others were not. However, the others are archived here and are now posted below:

The perils of de-industrialization, October 2016

'No core identity'?, January 2017

Living Communally in God's Good Creation: Rod Dreher and Benedict's Way, May 2017

Rousseau, Sanders, and the religious test, June 2017

The Queen would not be amused, November 2017

Check the box and take the cash: Trudeau and Canada's summer jobs program, April 2018

Canada's state religion, October 2019

Canada divided against itself, November 2019

Canada more divided than ever, September 2021

The fight for parents' rights in Canada, October 2023