March 1995
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The First Five Years
The Public Square One doesn’t want to make too much of a fifth anniversary, but neither is…
Forgetting We Are Not God
Recently I read a remarkable book from the pen of a Czech-American psychotherapist. In it the author…
A Dutch Master and the Good Life
What follows is prompted not by a cigar, but rather a painting by the Dutch (strictly speaking,…
The Problem With Communitarianism
What is one to make of communitarianism? For a Christian, answering this question presents no small difficulty.…
Time for Utopia? An Exchange
One of the cornerstones of modern conservative thinking-indeed, of conservative thinking generally-is the critique of utopianism. As…
The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind: A Symposium
Someone has quipped that an evangelical can be defined as someone who says to a liberal, “I’ll…
Tell Me a Story Line
We are still sorting out the meaning of last November’s election results. How significant was the GOP…
The Politics of Emma’s Hand
Sitting at the breakfast table one morning, Whittaker Chambers looked at the intricate design of his daughter’s…
Where Is the West?
During the Cold War period the terms “West” and “East” had fairly clear connotations. These were geographical-this…
Freedom and the Unknown God
After the fall of the Iron Curtain, the European nations went through a spell of intoxicating euphoria…
How the Universities Were Lost
The Soul of the American University: From Protestant Establishment to Established Non-Belief By George Marsden Oxford University…
The Aronian Renewal
In Defence of Political Reason: Essays by Raymond Aron Edited by Daniel J. Mahoney Rowman & Littlefield,…
Empire to Commonwealth
Empire to Commonwealth: Consequenses of Monotheism in Late Antiquity By Garth Fowden Princeton University Press, 206 pages,…
An American Egret in a Japanese Garden
Transported who knows why or whence He was simply there one spring- The bird who came to…
Ash Wednesday in a Hard Winter
Milkwhite in his alb and still as this temple, The priest waits with the stone patience of…
