November 2006
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Correspondence
Fostering Care I read with great interest Gregory Popcak’s “Misplacing Children” (June/July). As the father of four…
The Regensburg Moment
The Public Square It is by no means certain, but it is more than just possible, that…
The Return of the Fathers
In Prince Caspian, the third volume of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, a modern young prince has…
Public Morality, Public Reason
A contest of worldviews in our time pits devout Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and other believers against secularist…
The Ends of Science
Whenever I meet with scientists, I’m always struck by their optimism—and their discontent. Mostly they are optimists,…
Henry James and the Heavenly Light
The Golden Bowl was Henry James’ final novel—and it remains the most morally challenging of his tales.…
Correspondence
Fostering Care I read with great interest Gregory Popcak’s “Misplacing Children” (June/July). As the father of four…
Barbara Pym’s Affectionate Irony
By the time I came of reading age—old enough to pass the portals of the library’s “youth…
America in the European Mind
In recent years, there’s been no shortage of commentary on European anti-Americanism and the divide between Americans…
Murder in the Vicarage
The Lighthouse by P.D. James Knopf, 352 pages, $25.95. IN HIS CELEBRATED 1948 essay on detective fiction,…
The Truth About Lies
Truth: A Guide by Simon Blackburn Oxford University Press, 272 pages, $25 SIMON BLACKBURN’S ABILITY to be…
The Book of Splendor
The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Vol. 1 translated by Daniel C. Matt Stanford University Press, 584 pages, $49.95.…
Beauty Is as Beauty Does
On Beauty by zadie smith penguin, 464 pages, $15 (paperback) In On Beauty, British writer Zadie Smith has…
Confessing Mysticism
The Mysticism of Saint Augustine: Rereading the Confessions by John Peter Kenney Routledge, 160 pages, $115. FOR…
Briefly Noted 172
Jacques and Raïssa Maritain. by Jean-Luc Barré. Notre Dame University Press, 528 pages, $50. First published ten…
