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Capitalism and the Disorders of Modernity

Peter L. Berger

For most people in America, all those not familiar with the complicated ideological positioning on the right…

The Flag Amendment Is a Religious Issue

William Johnson Everett

The issue of a constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the American flag is currently on political…

Drugs and the Face of Evil

William J. Bennett

One of the least understood aspects of the drug problem is the degree to which it is…

Notes on the Culture Struggle: Dr. King in the Law Schools

Mary Ann Glendon

The suggestion has been made on occasion in these pages that Americans are engaged in a Kulturkampf,…

Constitutionalism and Modernity

Daniel Mahoney

Confronting the Constitution: The Challenge to Locke, Montesquieu, Jefferson, and the Federalists from Utilitarianism, Historicism, Marxism, Freudianism,…

Abortion and the Neutral State

Robert P. Hunt

The search for the American political mainstream is a risky enterprise. It can be a salutary and…

The Real John Courtney Murray

Keith L. Pavlischek

The Search for an American Public Theology: The Contribution of John Courtney Murray by robert w. mcelroy…

Polygamy, Peyote, and the Public Peace

Richard John Neuhaus

No one should be surprised that decisions of great constitutional moment are sometimes occasioned by cases that…

Editorial: Equality After Socialism

The Editors

Socialism is dead, and, except within certain academic and religious circles, there will be few mourners. A…

Academic Integrity Betrayed

Gerard V. Bradley

Abortion does funny things to the mind. Not necessarily the procedure itself: expert opinion on its mental…

Religious Freedom Denied

Richard F. Duncan

Imagine a country in which religious freedom is trammeled, and another country in which religious freedom is…

Wealth and Whimsy: On Economic Creativity

Richard John Neuhaus

The question is: What are the theological resources of the Christian tradition for understanding the production of…

Intra-Tribal Warfare

Mary Ann Glendon

Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes by laurence h. tribe norton, 259 pages, $19.95  Abortion: The Clash of…

Poverty and Morality

Lawrence M. Mead

The Undeserving Poor: From the War on Poverty to the War on Welfare by michael b. katz…

Schools on Purpose

Charles L. Glenn

For each of the past twenty-one years the Gallup Organization has conducted a nationwide poll on attitudes…