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Hispanic/Latino Identity
Hispanic/Latino Identity: A Philosophical Perspective by jorge j. e. gracia wiley-blackwell, 255 pages, $32.60 The controversy in…
The Cultural Revolution of Fascism
The Fascist Revolution: Toward a General Theory of Fascism by george l. mosse howard fertig, 230 pages,…
How We Got Here
So David Frum sends me his new book, with the inscription, “Hope you like this one better…
The Church and the City
Since the official validation of Christianity in the fourth century, ecclesiastical leaders have built places of worship…
Two Boats, a Helicopter & Stem Cells
Remember the story of the guy who died in the flood? A Red Cross boat had come…
Proposing Courtship
Anyone interested in improving relations between men and women today and tomorrow must proceed by taking a…
Letter from Budapest
Murderous cruise missiles crash into factories, office buildings, farm houses, all just across the border in Serbia,…
Who is My Friend?
Friendship in the Classical World by david konstan cambridge university press, 224 pages, $38.12 Among the “first…
The Parent Trap Times Three
When my daughter was seven, her Austrian grandmother sent her three Erich Kaestner novels for Christmas. Her…
A Third Way?
Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion by edward…
Liberating Academic Freedom
It is often said that every book is autobiographical. That certainly is true of mine. About a…
The New Populism
The Great Betrayal by patrick j. buchanan little, brown. 384 pp. $22.95 Readers of a certain age…
Infanticide for Beginners
It was the issue of abortion that taught me to be suspicious of the word “reform.” It…
Memoirs of a Catholic Boyhood
The muddy Illinois River ranks among the least distinguished of the Mississippi’s tributaries, a brown expanse of…
Democracy’s Private Places
For centuries the public square and the street have been the spatial media of public culture. But…
