January 2007
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January Letters 175
The Swallows of Capistrano I am grateful for Joseph Bottum’s “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano:…
Love, the Pope, and C.S. Lewis
Pope Benedict XVI’s 2006 encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, has two clearly distinct parts. In the first it…
Daniel Dennett Hunts the Snark
In the second section—or “fit”—of Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark, the Bellman lectures the crew…
How We Got to Where We Are
The Public Square It is galling when a good friend submits to another publication an article that…
What We Know About Embryonic Stem Cells
Back at the beginning of 2002, there was considerable optimism regarding the promise that embryonic stem cells…
The Kennedy Court
Only a day after the election, the Supreme Court heard oral argument on Gonzales v. Carhart ,…
Maritain’s America
Since its founding, the United States has elicited much curiosity and commentary from European intellectuals. Oscillating between…
More on Balthasar, Hell, and Heresy
Alyssa Lyra Pitstick: In his reply in last month’s issue of First Things to my investigations of…
Fear and Trembling
Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz by Jan T. Gross Random House, 320 pages, $25 At the…
Reforming Natural Law
Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics by Stephen J. Grabill Eerdmans, 328 pages, $38 Stephen…
The Closing of the German Mind
The Seduction of Culture in German History by Wolf Lepenies Princeton University Press, 270 pages, $24.95 In…
Human, All Too Human
Dialogue with Nietzsche by Gianni Vattimo Columbia University Press, 247 pages, $29.50 It is part of academic…
Briefly Noted — 01/07
Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense by n.t. wright harper san francisco, 256 pages, $22.95 Speaking very…
To a Lady Contemplating Mischief
Encompassed at all corners by such fine a cadre of companions, knights, and flags as could be…
The Mystery of the Aleph
The world God made is infinite”or not. Its essence is of matter”or of thought. If finite”how much…
A Prayer for Russia
Our Father All-Merciful! Don’t abandon your own long-suffering Russia In her present daze, In her woundedness, Impoverishment,…
