November 1999
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Minding the Mind
The Public Square Minding the Mind The word-mavens—William Safire, for instance—routinely complain about the use of “intriguing”…
The Self in Full
An autobiography is a strange beast. While it offers unique access to the inner life of an…
Sex, Naturally
When I entered medical school at the University of Minnesota in 1984 I did not know that…
Abraham Lincoln & the Last Best Hope
The beginning of the ninth century of the millennium now almost past was promising enough. The Congress of…
Human Dignity, Human Rights
Copyright (c) 1999 First Things 97 (November 1999): 39-42. Fifty years ago, a tangle of intellectual and…
Aquinas and the Big Bang
One day a little boy asked his mother where he came from. His mother, pleased to have…
The (Mis)Guided Dream of Graham Greene
Graham Greene was a great novelist of a special kind. Unlike many literary practitioners in this century,…
The Bus Stops Here
It’s a sad but unavoidable question: Where did the civil rights movement go wrong? A cause that,…
Attacking the Tabernacle
For more than two decades, Psalm 139:13 has served as a slogan for the anti-abortion movement, adorning…
In the Tradition…Sort Of
Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics.By Elliot N. Dorff.Jewish Publication Society.…
Between Liberalism and Orthodoxy
Beyond Reasonable Doubt.By Louis Jacobs.Littman Library od Jewish Civilizzations. 267 pp. $39.50. In 1957, Louis Jacobs, a…
Metaphysics Matters
In Defense of Natural Lawby robert p. georgeclarendon/oxford university press, 343 pages, $65 In his influential book The…
Briefly Noted 160
The Pilgrim’s Progress: a Morality in a Prologue, Four Acts and an Epilogue. Composed by Ralph Vaughan…
State vs. Society
Behemoth: Main Currents in the History and Theory of Political Sociology.By Irving Louis Horowitz.Transaction. 474 pp. $29.95…
Witness to the Witness
Witness to Hope:The Biography of Pope John Paul II by George WeigelHarperCollins/Cliff Books, 992 pages, $36 The…
Poetry
Poetry Copyright (c) 1999 First Things 97 (November 1999): 14, 27, 33. Oriental for Robin, my daughter…
Return of the Gods
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was waste and void;…
