February 2006

February Letters 80
Speaking of Law In his review of Steven D. Smith’s work (“Law & Language,” November), Justice Scalia…
Private Acts, Public Interests
Theorists of public morality—from the ancient Greek philosophers and Roman jurists on—have noticed that apparently private acts…
Requiem for a Parish
It was built by Polish immigrants—workers in the steel mill and the glass factory that sat along…
Jews vs. Christians
These are troubled times for Jewish-Christian relations. In November, two influential American Jewish leaders, representing large swaths…
Briefly Noted 2
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. By Anne Rice. Knopf. 321 pp. $25.95. Appalling. That’s the word…
What Good Are Promises?
Promising and the Good by Guy Mansini, O.S.B. Sapientia, 173 pages, $21.95 Why do people today seem…
Portrait of the Philosopher as a Young Man
An Infamous Past: E.M. Cioran and the Rise of Fascism in RomaniaBy Marta Petreu Ivan R. Dee. 332…
Philosophers and the Old Adam
Stanley Cavell crafted the phrase “truth in foul disguise” to describe Nietzsche’s analysis of Christianity. Stephen Mulhall’s…
With Friends Like These
Brozos Press has become the House of Hauerwas. That is not such a bad thing, given that…
A Penny for the Guy
Within two weeks of his return from Rome in 1586, Father Robert Garnet had been selected to…
Hrothgar’s Homily
I tell you this tale as I mull and marvel how the Almighty metes to mankind the…