Foreign Affairs

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All Things Bright and Beautiful

Edward B. Davis

God’s Universe by Owen Gingerich Belknap Press, 160 pages, $16.95 When Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of…

America’s Greatest Mystery Writer

Joseph Bottum

G.K. Chesterton’s Fr. Brown stories are proof that only the British style of detective fiction can reach…

The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Wesley J. Smith

Should doctors or others be permitted to euthanize babies born with disabilities or assist the suicides of…

Good Friday 2007

Richard John Neuhaus

“Through Mary he received his humanity, and in receiving his humanity received humanity itself. Which is to…

René Girard for Holy Week

Edward T. Oakes

To read René Girard is to want to slap one’s forehead and say, “Of course, why didn’t…

God and Man in Translation

Nicholas Frankovich

The Passion account read at Mass on Palm Sunday this year was taken from the Gospel of…

Dutch Euthanasia

Wesley J. Smith

In his book Seduced by Death , Herbert Hendin reported that one reason the Dutch people have…

An Opinion About Opinions

Stephen M. Barr

I haven’t figured out whether I agree or not with Robert Miller on the prevalence of genuine…

The April Issue of First Things Is Here

Joseph Bottum

The April 2007 issue of First Things is now on newsstands¯which also means that it’s available online…

Bono Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For

Ryan T. Anderson

U2 rock star and humanitarian Bono has come in for some recent criticism. According to Advertising Age…

William & Mary’s Chapel at a Crossroad

Meredith Henne

In October of 2006, William & Mary’s new college president, Gene R. Nichol, ordered the altar cross…

The Anglicans: What Happened in Tanzania

Jordan Hylden

“We came very close to separation,” said Archbishop Gregory Venables of this weekend’s meeting of global Anglican…

The Fear of Being Viewed as Insufficiently Progressive

Richard John Neuhaus

One detects in some quarters a sense of inevitability about momentous changes in the ordering¯or disordering, as…

Prostitutes for the Disabled

Robert T. Miller

Here’s a very sad story from Great Britain . Twenty-two-year-old Nick Wallis suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy,…

Natural Religion

Michael Liccione

Is Nature Enough? Truth and Meaning in the Age of Science by John F. Haught Cambridge University…