February 2004

Letters
The Church and the Holocaust To the extent that it is read by Catholic apologists and others…
The Family: Discovering the Obvious
For many years now, and often inadvertently, secular as well as religious researchers have been amassing facts…
True Fictions of Fatherhood
About two-and-a-half years ago, my wife and I sat in a lawyer’s office trying not to think…
Children at Risk
At first glance, Hardwired to Connect, the recent report from the Commission on Children at Risk, a group…
Founding Fathers?
John Winthrop: America’s Forgotten Father.by Francis J. Bremer.Oxford University Press. 478 pp. $39.95. William Bradford’s Books: Of…
Briefly Noted — 02/04
Questions of Faith: A Skeptical Affirmation of Faith. By Peter L. Berger. Blackwell. 187pp. $24.95. The noted…
Accomplishment––or Fame
Human Accomplishment: the Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 BC to 1950.by Charles Murray.Harper…
The Three Rings of Monotheism
The Monotheists: Jew, Christians, and Muslims in Conflict and Competition.by F.E. Peters.Volume I: the Peoples of God;…
Taming the Vindictive Passions
Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits.by Jeffrie G. Murphy.Oxford University Press. 152 pp. $21. In 1995, at…
Common Sense and Common Law
Common-Law Liberty: Rethinking American Constitutionalism.by James R. Stoner, Jr.University Press of Kansas. 208 pp. $29.95. For most…