Law
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Standing Up for Scooter Libby
Scooter Libby was sentenced on Tuesday to thirty months in jail and a $250,000 fine. And I…
Pledge Week
It’s pledge week here at PBS. Er, I mean, First Things . I wish I did mean…
The June/July Issue of First Things Is Here!
Well, well, well. The June/July issue of First Things has arrived, and in the annals of human…
Stirring the Potpourri
Of course, the literal meaning of potpourri is “rotten pot,” but it has come to refer to…
Men for Some Seasons
In early April, Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, announced his intention to bring immigration legislation to…
With Guts Enough to Be Disarming
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black man to play major-league baseball, as the…
Pope Benedict on Iraq
In the context of his Urbi et Orbi address on Easter Sunday, Pope Benedict observed that “nothing…
A Canterbury Tale
Grace and Necessity by Rowan Williams Continuum, 144 pages, $14.95 (paper) The election of Rowan Williams as…
Thoroughly Modern Mommy
Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic…
It’s Not All Relative
As I wrote in this space last week (see here and here ), many Catholic thinkers tend…
Right Reason in the Public Square
Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and director of the Cardinal…
For the Sake of Civil Argument
Talk about “criminalizing political differences” is again rife in the wake of the conviction of Scooter Libby.…
Was Washington Really a Deist?
As we approach George Washington’s birthday¯so often lost these days in the good shopping bargains of a…
Episcopal Elevation, Pitstick the Theologian, and the Fate of Europe
Some Muslims in America are unhappy with us. And apparently they know something I don’t. This from…
The Hrant Dink Murder and Its Meaning
On January 19, 2007, a journalist named Hrant Dink was shot dead by a seventeen-year-old militant on…
