September 2000

Love and Sex I am disappointed in Gilbert Meilaender’s review of Eugene Rogers’ book Sexuality and the…

The Public Square In the May issue I offered my tribute, written as he was dying, to…

Last year Harvard Law School offered its first“ever course on animal rights. This is good news for…

From the beginning of his papacy in 1939 until well after his death in 1958, Pope Pius…

My wife and I have a commuter marriage: she lives and works in Valparaiso, Indiana, and I…

On the morning of his Commonwealth’s 1992 presidential primary, I got a telephone call from Pennsylvania Governor…

When you start out at seminary with an eye toward entering the ministry, the first thing they…

All Things Censored by mumia abu-jamal seven stories, 336 pages, $9.97 In one of those moments that…

Church and Israel After Christendom: The Politics of Election by scott bader-saye wipf and stock, 202 pages,…

The New Map of the World: The Poetic Philosophy of Giambattista Vico by giuseppe mazzotta princeton university…

Negotiating Identity: Catholic Higher Education Since 1960 by alice gallin, o. s. u. university of notre dame…

Pontius Pilate by ann wroe random house, 433 pages, $16.43 Next to Julius Caesar, Pontius Pilate–the governor…

Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President by allen c. guelzo eerdmans, 528 pages, $34.25 When Abraham Lincoln entered a…

Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by robert wright vintage, 448 pages, $17.67 In Nonzero Robert Wright…

Our ship stands off the coast. From where we lie, The moss“green hills resemble what we’ve lost:…

Edward Shils in Heaven Dear Edward, sleepless, lonely, I think of you tonight In Heaven, out for…

Narrowboats I love the ones most obviously lived in: bicycles and pots of lavender arrayed on a…