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RJN: On St. John and Mormons

Richard John Neuhaus

With stunning abruptness we’re jostled from the Christmas Mass (the Christ Mass) to the feast of St.…

RJN: A Few Items …

Richard John Neuhaus

Herewith a few items, definitely not in order of importance: “Group invites world to come together for…

Anderson: Peter Singer’s Animals

Ryan T. Anderson

Animal-rights activists are up in arms about a recent statement by Peter Singer¯a bioethics professor at Princeton’s…

Bottum: Christmas in New York

Joseph Bottum

Another Christmas Rerun ¯this one from the new December issue of First Things . Shouldn’t you be…

RJN: Race, Gender, the Presidency, and the NY Times

Richard John Neuhaus

There they all are, all forty-three of them. Their pictures take up the better part of the…

Bottum: Christmas Reruns

Joseph Bottum

The first of our Christmas Reruns ¯writings on the season from our authors through the years. It’s…

Sacramone: Review of Babel

Anthony Sacramone

In the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, the hubris of technological man, seeking to realize…

The Needle’s Eye

Drew E. Griffin

The Greek Praise of Poverty: Origins of Ancient Cynicism by William D. Desmond University of Notre Dame…

Reno: Modern Art Revisited

R. R. Reno

Two recent trips to two very different art exhibits provoked some gloomy thoughts about our times. Earlier…

Smith: Saints and Singers

Wesley J. Smith

Like Fr. Neuhaus , I too was taken with the article “I’m Not a Saint, Just a…

Oakes: The Body in St. Paul and Benedict XVI

Edward T. Oakes

Reports that the South African Parliament has approved gay marriage, and that the U.S. Catholic bishops have…

RJN: From Borat to Chelsea

Richard John Neuhaus

There has been a lively discussion among the young folks in the office about the morality of…

Powers: Boomers, War, and Sacrifice

Elizabeth Powers

We were walking through Central Park in Manhattan, just south of the Naumburg Bandshell, when we came…

Stith: Arguing with Pro-Choicers

Richard Stith

Why do many pro-choice people find our arguments against early abortion not just unconvincing but absurd? Consider,…

RJN: Regensburg, TNR, etc.

Richard John Neuhaus

One of the encouraging developments following Pope Benedict’s lecture at Regensburg University on September 12 is the…