American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
“Instinctive Repugnance”
The Jewish“Christian dialogue of recent decades is a new thing that stands in sharp contrast to the…
Keeping the Faith
In a way no one anticipated, George W. Bush has shifted the national debate about the role…
Standing at Attention
It seems we haven’t heard the voices of soldiers for a very long time. Not these voices,…
Pulpit Economics
In debates between Christian theologians and economists over the nature of capitalism, facts and figures count for…
Pluralism and the Catholic University
The decline of Catholic higher education in our country should concern all Americans, regardless of their religious…
Purgatory for Everyone
A few years ago, the journalist Philip Nobile wrote an article near the first anniversary of the…
Fare Thee Well, Tony Lewis
It hardly seems possible that I have been reading Anthony Lewis for thirty-two years. In fact, I…
Reinventing Sexual Ethics
I am reliably informed that there is a Neuhaus’ Law to the effect that, where orthodoxy is…
The Body’s Possibilities
One week after the terrorist attacks of September 11, I went to the ballet. I wasn’t looking…
February Letters 40
Darwin’s MoralityBenjamin Wiker’s attack on me (“Darwin and the Descent of Morality,” November 2001) contains many errors.…
The Churches and Israel
Christian Attitudes Towards the State of Israel By Paul Charles Merkley McGill-Queen’s University Press, 266 pages, $44.95…
In a Time of War: An Exchange
In their editorial “In a Time of War” (December 2001), the Editors of First Things declare: “One…
One Man’s Bach
The True Life of J.S. Bach By Klaus Eidam , translated by Hoyt Rogers Basic. 432 pp.…
Requiem
A payload of people phoning home: their ghost voices linger, caught on tapes, rewound, rewound, as if…
Knowledge for the Sake of Knowledge
In the unforgettable Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger’s wearied heroine, recovering from some kind of spiritual crisis,…
