I think one of the curious things about First Things over the past few years has been the difference in tone and quality between the web exclusives (which is what Hawley wrote, and has included some of the other more diatribe-like pieces) and the full articles from the magazine. The full articles from the print edition are still high-quality, thoughtful pieces, while the web exclusives often seem like contrarian blog posts or something of that nature. Sadly, First Things's reputation suffers somewhat because of the web stuff, while the continuing value of the print stuff gets overlooked. It's still a great magazine, but the name is somewhat tarnished.
I think one of the curious things about First Things over the past few years has been the difference in tone and quality between the web exclusives (which is what Hawley wrote, and has included some of the other more diatribe-like pieces) and the full articles from the magazine. The full articles from the print edition are still high-quality, thoughtful pieces, while the web exclusives often seem like contrarian blog posts or something of that nature. Sadly, First Things's reputation suffers somewhat because of the web stuff, while the continuing value of the print stuff gets overlooked. It's still a great magazine, but the name is somewhat tarnished.