January 1994
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January Letters 102
An Exchange on Crime and Punishment: William J. Bennett and Charles Colson I was surprised by Charles…
In the Aftermath of Victory
Considering that for more than forty years there was no larger public concern than the concern about…
Population Policy: Ideology as Science
In recent years the poorer regions of the earth have been swept by a “population revolution” which,…
The Splendor of Truth: A Symposium
Richard John Neuhaus In October 1993, Pope John Paul II issued his tenth encyclical, Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of…
Getting Real
A few months ago my stepdaughter turned eleven. On the verge of adolescence, Stella wonders daily about…
The Prince and the Pastor
Eugene Peterson has commented on the unhappy fact that modern pastors have become “spiritual technologists” who reduce…
Religion’s Bad Press
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good…
The Bible, Corrected
I Corinthians 6:9 Do not be deceived. Neither sexists, nor racists, nor ageists, nor looksists, nor ableists shall…
The New Populism
The Great Betrayal By Patrick J. Buchanan Little, Brown. 384 pp. $22.95 Readers of a certain age…
Why Churches Fail
A Generation of Seekers: The Spiritual Journeys of the Baby Boom Generation by wade clark roof harpercollins,…
Homesick in Miami
The Exile: Cuba in the Heart of Miami by david rieff simon & schuster, 220 pages, $21…
War in the Classroom
Battleground: One Mother’s Crusade, The Religious Right, and the Struggle for Control of our Classrooms by stephen…
Poisoned Eros
Love and Friendship by allan bloom simon & schuster, 590 pages, $25 “Christianity gave Eros poison to…
Communal Foundations
The Idea of Civil Society by adam seligman free press, 220 pages, $24.95 Adam Seligman’s book, while…
Night Growth
The snow stuns the sky into quietonly the lake understands,restive beyond the gray stone breakwater.Across the street,…
Sparrow Falling
A shifting net of birds swelling over the pasture, turning, an amoeba, now dark and granular as dying,…
