November 1993
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Speaking for the Common Good
The Public Square Receiving no attention that we noticed in the general press, and slight attention in…
No Other Gods
One of the lessons read at the Easter vigil is the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego…
Wishing People Dead
Christine Busalacchi, a Missouri woman suffering from serious brain damage, died on the 8th of March, 1993.…
The Necessary Devil
According to a recent Gallup poll, 52 percent of people say they believe in the Devil. One…
The Languages of the Rights of Man
Those who once spoke, or who speak, the language of the rights of man make up a…
Religion and the Court 1993
Religious litigants claimed victories in all four cases involving religious freedom to reach the Supreme Court this…
Moderately Religious, Desperately Sexual
The most surprising thing about The Janus Report on Human Sexuality (John Wiley & Sons) is that…
Human Rights in Vienna
One can learn from unfortunate experiences. This truism applies in spades to the World Conference on Human…
Was Burke a Conservative?
The Great Melody: A Thematic Biography and Commented Anthology of Edmund Burke by conor cruise o’brien university…
The Origins of Morality
The Moral Sense by james q. wilson free press, 300 pages, $22.95 We read books and recommend…
Justice Lite
Political Liberalism by john rawls columbia university press, 401 pages, $29.95 Americans are justifiably anxious about the…
The Ultra-Orthodox
Piety and Power: The World of Jewish Fundamentalism by david landau hill & wang/fsg, 334 pages, $27.50…
Still Strangers
Jews in Christian America: The Pursuit of Religious Equality by naomi w. cohen oxford university press, 300…
Ann
Shuffling through your city of perpetual night, you have come to this Advent eucharist with the help…
Ritenuto: With My Daughter at the Lake
The Falls Road northern light was fading gray: a sudden snowfall swept us eastward like a curtain…
Leah
how was it that he would want to earn her , a second wife?desire the way he…
The Failed Suicide
You have returned to find so much more To despair: the flesh whiter, More helpless, the city…
