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Moses and Multiculturalism
Moses made a mistake. He could have been a broadminded model for our liberal culture, but he…
America’s Greatest Mystery Writer
G.K. Chesterton’s Fr. Brown stories are proof that only the British style of detective fiction can reach…
Religion and the Common Good
Sooner or later, every teacher hears the same old joke about the philosophy student and his dad.…
Put on Your Body Armor
Concerning yesterday’s decision in Gonzales v. Carhart , a few preliminary observations based on a very quick…
Don’t Read the May Issue. No, Really … Don’t.
Another month, another issue of First Things . Just a typical production of the magazine¯this and that,…
Assault on Christendom
Wow. We didn’t know. The “Hallelujah Chorus” is a paean celebrating Titus’ sack of Jerusalem and the…
Einstein and Faith
Walter Isaacson’s biography Einstein: His Life and Universe hit bookstands yesterday and promises to be a bestseller.…
That Motu Proprio
Having apparently gone on a silent retreat during Lent, Pope Benedict’s long-rumored motu proprio on the Latin…
Of Metaphor in Heaven
No intimations, fables, puppet shows; No need for parables: up there one sees Reality; good books stay…
Right Reason in the Public Square
Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and director of the Cardinal…
The End of the Irish Troubles, a Moment of Transcendence, and Sacramentum Caritatis
Taoiseach . I’ve been listening to the way the Irish pronounce it, and you’re safe in going…
Bono Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For
U2 rock star and humanitarian Bono has come in for some recent criticism. According to Advertising Age…
Christianity Is an Enemy That Gives Hedges Meaning
The audience was shocked. Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize¯winning reporter, delivered a Princeton University lecture on the…
The Feeling Intellect
Michael Polanyi: Scientist and Philosopher, by William Taussig Scott and Martin X. Moleski, S.J., Oxford University Press,…
Cardinal Newman for Ash Wednesday
No theologian working inside the traditions of western Christianity was more sensitive to the rhythms of the…
