January 2000

Man and Machine
Man and Machine William A. Dembski’s “Are We Spiritual Machines?” (October 1999) challenges the spiritualistic materialism of…
What’s News?
Some years ago, in October 1991, we published C. John Sommerville’s “How the News Makes Us Dumb,”…
American Dreaming
Americans have always thought of their country as other and better than anyplace else. The most obvious…
Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII
Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII by John Cornwell Viking, 430 pages, $29.95. As Pius…
Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man
Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man by william morrow harper perennial, 662 pages, $27.50 Seeking to create,…
The Twilight of the Intellectuals: Culture and Politics in the Era of the Cold War
The Twilight of the Intellectuals: Culture and Politics in the Era of the Cold War by hilton…
Briefly Noted
Crisis of Conscience edited by john m. haas crossroad, 173 pages, $15.95 This collection of essays represents the fruit…
Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine by garry wills penguin books, 152 pages, $19.95 Augustinophobia, the fear and loathing of Augustine, is…
Dragon in a Three Piece Suit: The Emergence of Capitalism in China
Dragon in a Three-Piece Suit: The Emergence of Capitalism in China by doug guthrie princeton university press,…
Harry Potter’s Magic
By now most readers in this country are aware of what has come to be called the…