Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Humanism and Health Care
I got a letter, a signed letter, from Senator Barack Obama the other day¯me and several million…
The Nature of America
From Nature to Experience: The American Search for Cultural Authority , by Roger Lundin, Rowman & Littlefield,…
Cardinal Newman for Ash Wednesday
No theologian working inside the traditions of western Christianity was more sensitive to the rhythms of the…
Christ Killers, Dumbed-Down Translations, and How Conservatives Got That Way
I have not yet read Jeremy Cohen’s new book Christ Killers: The Jews and the Passion from…
Poetry
Widowhood, An Inside Job
Stephen King’s American Apocalypse
In November 2003, Stephen King received a lifetime achievement medal from the National Book Foundation for his…
RJN: Iraq and Things to Come
I have no privileged perspective on the wisdom or lack thereof in President Bush’s Wednesday night address…
Hylden: Duke Deserves a Defense
In my tenure as a junior fellow here at First Things , I’ve done a few things…
Ference: The Church of Brunch
Not so long ago, Weekend America aired a story on National Public Radio about a fairly new…
A Prayer for Russia
Our Father All-Merciful! / Don’t abandon your own long-suffering Russia / In her present daze...
RJN: On St. John and Mormons
With stunning abruptness we’re jostled from the Christmas Mass (the Christ Mass) to the feast of St.…
RJN: O Come Let Us Adore Him
“I don’t know why he has to spoil the season by bringing that up. For him every…
Correspondence
Scoured or Skimmed? Alan Jacobs claims to have “scoured” the pages of Shadowplay in a vain search…
The Form of Speaking
The Language of God by francis s. collins free press, 304 pages, $26 “Today we are learning…
Anderson: The Secret of Embyronic Stem Cells
The truth about the technical challenges and scientific hurdles for embryonic stem-cell (ESC) therapies is finally getting…
