February 1997
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February Letters 133
“The End of Democracy?” Your symposium “The End of Democracy? The Judicial Usurpation of Politics” (November 1996)…
Forgetting the Source and Summit
The Public Square Forgetting the Source and Summit Come December 31, 1999, there’ll be a big millennium…
Pride and Pessimism in the Courts
Legally speaking, we live in strange times. Late-twentieth-century American law has a strong libertarian streak––stronger than ever…
The Truth About Inherit the Wind
In the middle of the hot summer of 1925, the famous “Monkey Trial” took place in Dayton,…
The Several-Storied Thomas Merton
It is a timeworn literary conceit, but some writers seem to be several people. There always exists…
The Fragmented Faith of American Jews
In August 1966, the journal Commentary published “The State of Jewish Belief,” a symposium now considered one…
Catholics and the 1996 Election
The endless political discussion of the 1996 elections seems at last to be over, and one gets…
In on the Kill
On public television and the educational cable channels, the current rage seems to be for documentaries showing…
Bad News
In Bob Dole’s remarkably inept campaign for the presidency, he could nonetheless count on one surefire applause…
Briefly Noted 133
The Index of Leading Spiritual Indicators By George Barna Word, 140 pages, $10.99 This is a fascinating…
Exultant Abnegation
Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography By Roger Shattuck.St. Martins, 369 pages, $26.95. As the title suggests,…
Getting Over the End of the World
Omens of Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection By Harold Bloom. Riverhead Books/Putman, 255 pages,…
The Heart of the Church
Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture By Jaroslav Pelikan. Yale University Press,…
Whig History Revisited
The Religious Origins of the French Revolution: From Calvin to the Civil Constitution By Dale K. Van…
The Man Who Loved Women and Democracy
Women and the Common Life: Love, Marriage, and Feminism By Christopher Lasch. Edited by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, Norton,…
The Last Man
Restrained no more, the last rebelling man, Alone as he had always wished to be, Sole monarch…
If God Is Any Great Returning
If God is any great returning, a listening to some new witness bidding within, any hard going…
Of God Is Calling Your Name
If God is calling your name, a name that is common enough, how would you know, what…
