April 1991
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How Democracy Came About and How It Might Be Sustained
From time to time, a most unlikely book strikes the public imagination and becomes something of a…
The Decline and Fall of the Christian College
Every one shall consider the main End of his life and studies, to know God and Jesus…
Israel Among the Nationalisms
With the apparent demise of Communism, if not of socialism, the other political pathology of modernity, nationalism,…
Undertakings and Promises
For Christians, as for everyone else, the topic of sexual ethics is today one of widespread confusion,…
History in the Past Perfect
Is not the past large enough to let you find some place where you may disport yourself…
The Rich, the Poor, and Reaganomics
When we come to measure the success of a presidency, it matters a great deal whether the…
More on the Gulf
The Public Square In our March issue, George Weigel offered a comprehensive, incisive, and, it must be…
The Philosophical Crusher
We milk the cow of the world, and as we do We whisper in her ear, “You are…
The Vatican and the State of Israel
In a recently published book, Sergio I. Minerbi, formerly of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaks…
When Nice People Do Bad Theology
Sure, Walker Percy already said it, but that was as a good-natured joshing, a passing joke. Now…
Do You Believe What You Sing?
Why Catholics Can’t Sing:The Culture of Catholicism and the Triumph of Bad Tasteby thomas daycrossroad, 177 pages,…
A Modern Jeremiad
The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics by christopher lasch w. w. norton, 576 pages,…
Do You Believe What You Sing?
Why Catholics Can’t Sing: The Culture of Catholicism and the Triumph of Bad Taste by thomas day…
Beyond Liberty
This Hemisphere of Liberty: A Philosophy of the Americas by michael novak aei press, 153 pages, $18.95…
The Inscrutable Sinologists
China Misperceived: American Illusions and Chinese Reality by steven w. mosher basic books, 260 pages, $19.95 Driven…
Careless Flying
I I have been considering the ravens, who live without worrying and have no bins or barns…
Victory Near the Plaza
“Sherman Led by Victory” Is a St. Gaudens statue, A cast-bronze allegory. With Victory as a woman Pulling his horse’s bridle Out…
When Lilacs Shake
Now, in April, when lilacs shake in gusts of rain, the crown-like buds Waving thick and green on sceptre…
storms
the wind’s blown stars to powder in the sky’s blueso the morning’s pale and clear, soft as…
