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A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Needle’s Eye
The Greek Praise of Poverty: Origins of Ancient Cynicism by William D. Desmond University of Notre Dame…
Reno: Modern Art Revisited
Two recent trips to two very different art exhibits provoked some gloomy thoughts about our times. Earlier…
Smith: Saints and Singers
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
Reports that the South African Parliament has approved gay marriage, and that the U.S. Catholic bishops have…
RJN: From Borat to Chelsea
There has been a lively discussion among the young folks in the office about the morality of…
Powers: Boomers, War, and Sacrifice
We were walking through Central Park in Manhattan, just south of the Naumburg Bandshell, when we came…
Stith: Arguing with Pro-Choicers
Why do many pro-choice people find our arguments against early abortion not just unconvincing but absurd? Consider,…
RJN: Regensburg, TNR, etc.
One of the encouraging developments following Pope Benedict’s lecture at Regensburg University on September 12 is the…
Hylden: An Evening at GTS
Seeing as how I am a new Episcopalian and still learning about my church, I attended a…
RJN: Neocons v. Theocons: The Sequel
Evangelicals have never forgotten, and for good reason they have never forgotten, that Washington Post story of…
Barr: Dawkins, Unfortunately
A small price that I have paid for the privilege of writing book reviews for First Things…
Rose: String Theory and All That
Depending on whom you ask, it’s either the holy grail of physics¯the prophesied Theory of Everything¯or a…
The Check Is in the Mail
In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State by Charles Murray. AEI Press, 140 pages,…
George: Reply to Garnett
Mirror of Justice , a website for Catholic law professors, has been the forum for some exceptionally…
Powers: Mac Donald and the Moral Legacy of Christianity
Heather Mac Donald’s defense of “skeptical” (i.e., atheist) conservatives against the Religious Right has by now been…
