March 1992
Natural Law and the Constitution
Natural law seems an unlikely topic for extensive television coverage, nor would one expect United States senators…
Religion & the Court: A New Beginning?
Mention the First Amendment to any lawyer, and the odds are excellent that he or she will…
Coming to Terms with the East German Past
It has been more than two years since that fateful Thursday evening in East Berlin. At a…
What I Saw at the American Academy of Religion
The American Academy of Religion, in its statement of purpose, calls itself “an inclusive learned society and…
For the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
For those who are committed to protecting the unborn and to preserving our traditional moral heritage, it…
Reason Public and Private: The Pannenberg Project
There are numerous obstacles to making the connections between religion and public life. For some moderns, a…
Notes from Underground
A word in your ear ¯A well-known physicist told me that a popular blogger told him that…
Editorial: Christians, Jews, and Anti-Semitism
Call it a public service. When National Review devoted almost an entire issue to William F. Buckley’s…
The Big Economic Lie
There they go again. The presidential election of 1992 is bringing out among politicians and the media…
The RU-486 Icon
In A. S. Byatt’s recent novel, Possession, the main character notes that the one unchallenged dogma of his generation…
The Pizza Theory
Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians by jeffrey burton russell praeger, 117 pages, $12.95 Revisionist…
Nothing But Muck
Scandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American Politics by Suzanne Garment Random House, 335 pages, $23 At…
Declinism—and Fall?
Why America Doesn’t Work by Chuck Colson and Jack Eckerd Word Publishing, 227 pages, $16.99 In Why…
Mere Christianity
Faith and Faithfulness: Basic Themes in Christian Ethics by Gilbert Meilaender University of Notre Dame Press, 211…
Working with Clay
Like the imprintof my two thumbs in clay,so you appear, my Lord,by what you leave behind. Disguisedin…
“Hotel Room” (Edward Hopper, 1931)
No angel with uplifted hand, no symbolof the Holy Spirit, gliding down ongilded beams—and for all we…
The Green Stick
“I used to believe that there was a green stick,buried on the edge of a ravine .…