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The Real First Citizen of Harlem
Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe are receiving the plaudits of critics for their bravura performances as Frank…
Death Threats and a Student Assaulted at Princeton
Last Wednesday, at Princeton University, vicious emails were sent to four students and a professor, threatening their…
Francisco Nava Confesses
Reports are coming in that Francisco Nava has confessed to Princeton Township Police. Apparently he was behind…
Lost in Translation
“Translations are like lovers: There are those that are beautiful but untrue¯and those that are true but…
The Bali Conference
The global warming/climate change noise machine has reached a crescendo this week with Al Gore’s trip to…
God in the Gallery
Numerous illustrations—absorbing, beautiful ones—of both the Vulgate Bible and the Divine Comedy by the Surrealist painter Salvador…
The Pope Writes to Chinese Catholics; Stanley Fish’s Take on Richard Dawkins & Co.¯with Unhappy Consequences for Reason
Pope Benedict’s letter this past week to the Catholics of China is a development of potentially historic…
Keeping Marriage Public
Prof. Stephanie Coontz recently took to the pages of the New York Times to inform us that…
On Christian Hope
Pope Benedict XVI released his new encyclical letter, Spe Salvi (Saved by Hope), November 30, just two…
John Paul II and the Jews
More than any other pope, John Paul II was the twentieth century’s greatest papal friend and supporter…
Newman in the Modern Classroom
I really think learning should be optional, ma’am.” This statement comes from one of my ninth graders…
The December Issue Is Here!
The December issue of First Things has just appeared, the first of the Yuletide deliveries to arrive…
The Catholic Novel Is Alive and Well in England
Some people believe that the Catholic novel is either dead or terminally ill. In 1982, one critic…
When “Catholic Positions” Are Not
On most of the questions of public policy we debate today¯even many important ones¯there is no Catholic…
A Decidedly Unsappy Bella
Chick flicks are the caramel-lattés of romantic comedy¯sweet and frothy, without much nutritional value. Chick flicks reheat…
