Arts & Letters
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Briefly Noted — 6/04
The military chaplaincy in the West is the subject of this compilation of essays by historians and…
Of Time and the River
Of Time and the River I love the way the river rollicks here, and how it sluices…
Jesus in America
The America of the title is the United States, from colonial times to the present. The Jesus…
American Judaism: A History
This year marks the 350th anniversary of Jewish settlement in North America. In 1654, twenty-three Jews arrived…
Editorial Secrets Revealed
Paul Johnson says an important part of it in his introduction to The Norman Podhoretz Reader (Free…
Briefly Noted 19
A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920. By Michael McGerr.…
Luther, the Controversy
I noted with interest Edward T. Oakes’ review of Luther (“Luther, the Movie,” January). His remarks about…
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“We Are Lincoln Men”: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends. By David Herbert Donald. Simon & Schuster. 269…
Alone in the Academy
I was starting the second year of a Ph.D. program in U.S. history at the University of…
Common Sense and Common Law
Common-Law Liberty: Rethinking American Constitutionalism.by James R. Stoner, Jr.University Press of Kansas. 208 pp. $29.95. For most…
Letters
The Church and the Holocaust To the extent that it is read by Catholic apologists and others…
Immigration and the Common Culture
Mexifornia: A Study of Becomingby Victor Davis HansonEncounter, 150pp. $21.95 In his latest work, Mexifornia: A State of…
Baptizing Middle-Earth
J R. R. Tolkien once wrote ruefully, “Being a cult figure in one’s own lifetime I am…
Seekers and Finders
The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage. by Paul Elie Farrar, Straus &…
The Reality of the Beautiful
Speaking of Beauty by Denis Donoghue Yale University Press. 209 pp. $24.95 Several days after the massacre…
