Jeg har lest hvert nummer (det er 10 nummer hvert år) av tidsskriftet First Things siden vinteren 1991; det er en nokså viktig grunn til at jeg ble katolikk i 1994 (tidligere luthersk, senere katolsk prest Richard John Neuhaus var redaktør fra starten i 1990 til sin død i 2009) og det har gitt meg svært mye nyttig informasjon om katolske, teologiske, politiske og kulturelle temaer i alle disse årene. I mange å fikk jeg det tilsendt i posten (fra USA), men de siste årene har jeg hatt et elektronisk abonnement.
De har de siste ukene hatt en innsamlingsaksjon blant leserne; noen ganger har jeg sendt penger, men denne gangen gjør jeg det de foreslår nederst i sitatet under:
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