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Opinion

February Letters 80

Various

Speaking of Law In his review of Steven D. Smith’s work (“Law & Language,” November), Justice Scalia…

Private Acts, Public Interests

Robert P. George

Theorists of public morality—from the ancient Greek philosophers and Roman jurists on—have noticed that apparently private acts…

Requiem for a Parish

Emily Stimpson

It was built by Polish immigrants—workers in the steel mill and the glass factory that sat along…

Jews vs. Christians

David Klinghoffer

These are troubled times for Jewish-Christian relations. In November, two influential American Jewish leaders, representing large swaths…

Reviews

Briefly Noted 2

Various

Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. By Anne Rice. Knopf. 321 pp. $25.95. Appalling. That’s the word…

What Good Are Promises?

Joseph W. Koterski

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

Zbigniew Janowski

An Infamous Past: E.M. Cioran and the Rise of Fascism in RomaniaBy Marta Petreu Ivan R. Dee. 332…

Philosophers and the Old Adam

Thomas S. Hibbs

Stanley Cavell crafted the phrase “truth in foul disguise” to describe Nietzsche’s analysis of Christianity. Stephen Mulhall’s…

With Friends Like These

Stephen H. Webb

Brozos Press has become the House of Hauerwas. That is not such a bad thing, given that…

A Penny for the Guy

Amy Welborn

Within two weeks of his return from Rome in 1586, Father Robert Garnet had been selected to…

Poetry

Hrothgar’s Homily

Timothy Murphy

I tell you this tale as I mull and marvel how the Almighty metes to mankind the…