February 2001

Credible Catholicity?
Richard John Neuhaus says that my assertion in the (London) Sunday Times regarding Pope John Paul’s disability…
The Two Politics of Election 2000
The Public Square Late on the night of November 7, I announced to friends with whom I…
Just Wages
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a statement, Faithful Citizenship , calling for “policies that…
Unremarkably Lutheran
When given the option,” Garrison Keillor tells us, “Lutherans will always downsize.” So far as I can…
Winning Semi–Ugly
The best thing to be said about the endgame of the presidential election is that, bad as…
The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel’s Soul
“Why should the Jewish state exist at all?” Until quite recently, there was a ready answer to…
Beware of Counterfeit
Natural and Divine Law: Reclaiming the Tradition for Christian Ethics by Jean Porter Eerdmans, 399 pages, $28…
Briefly Noted 30
Democracy in America . By Alexis de Tocqueville. Translated, edited, and with an introduction by Harvey C.…
Sovereign Virtue
Ronald Dworkin, the Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University and the Quain Professor…
The Mind of the Universe: Understanding Science and Religion
Forty years ago, publications in the boundary regions where religious belief and natural science both claim an…
Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion
There is a great deal to be said for grand mistakes, clearly and prolifically expounded; they force…
Poetry
I could buy a garden gargoyle And set it out relentlessly scowling Toward the kitchen window of…