February 2001

Richard John Neuhaus says that my assertion in the (London) Sunday Times regarding Pope John Paul’s disability…

The Public Square Late on the night of November 7, I announced to friends with whom I…

That there is a crisis in the Catholic priesthood is by now something that “everybody knows.” But…

Imagine a new land colonized by peoples from many countries. They push aside the natives, who offer…

Pope John Paul II’s considerable effect on our times is conceded by admirers and critics alike. The…

The National Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a statement, Faithful Citizenship , calling for “policies that…

When given the option,” Garrison Keillor tells us, “Lutherans will always downsize.” So far as I can…

The best thing to be said about the endgame of the presidential election is that, bad as…

“Why should the Jewish state exist at all?” Until quite recently, there was a ready answer to…

Natural and Divine Law: Reclaiming the Tradition for Christian Ethics by Jean Porter Eerdmans, 399 pages, $28…

Democracy in America . By Alexis de Tocqueville. Translated, edited, and with an introduction by Harvey C.…

Ronald Dworkin, the Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University and the Quain Professor…

Forty years ago, publications in the boundary regions where religious belief and natural science both claim an…

There is a great deal to be said for grand mistakes, clearly and prolifically expounded; they force…

Democracy in America. By Alexis de Tocqueville. Translated, edited, and with an introduction by Harvey C. Mansfield…

I could buy a garden gargoyle And set it out relentlessly scowling Toward the kitchen window of…

I could buy a garden gargoyle And set it out relentlessly scowling Toward the kitchen window of…