April 2001
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How Successful is Sociobiology?
Tom Bethell (“ Against Sociobiology,” January ) is to be commended for pointing out the fatal flaw…
Edward T. Oakes and His Critics: An Exchange
I am glad that First Things asked Edward T. Oakes to review my book The Wedge of…
A Candid Word About An Untold Story
A hundred and seventy one thousand is a lot of people. That is how many adults came…
In Defense of Constantine
Constantine and the Bishops: The Politics of Intolerance h. a. drake johns hopkins, 609 pages, $68 The…
What Is Law? A Century of Arguments
There is a sense in which twentieth-century legal philosophy began on January 8, 1897. On that day,…
Catholicism & Capital Punishment
Among the major nations of the Western world, the United States is singular in still having the…
Critical Thinking Prohibited
Federal courts in Louisiana recently reached the conclusion that too much thinking about the difficult issues involved…
Managed by Care
The year was 1962. My sister was eagerly preparing for the brave new world of junior high.…
Conflicts Foreign and Domestic
Among my earliest political memories are the debates I had as a young teenager with my father…
The First Freedom Under Siege
Worldwide, religious freedom is deteriorating. A world is a difficult thing to summarize, but the trend shows…
Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy
Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy by susan zuccotti yale university press,…
Calvin: A Biography
Calvin: A Biography by bernard cottret eerdmans, 376 pages, $16.91 Bernard Cottret’s Calvin: A Biography is the…
The Waning of the Renaissance, 1550–1640
The Waning of the Renaissance, 1550–1640 by william j. bouwsma yale university press, 304 pages, $7.02 In…
The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century
The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A Comprehensive World History by robert royal crossroad, 448 pages,…
Briefly Noted — 04/01
On Karol Wojtyla by peter simpson wadsworth, 92 pages, $14.48 This short book provides an excellent introduction…
By Nature Equal
By Nature Equal: The Anatomy of a Western Insight by john e. coons and patrick m. brennan…
