Shame and the Reflex of Non-Recognition

by Wesley Hill

Shame is not only the avoidance of self-knowledge. It may also lead to the refusal to recognize one’s neighbors. Continue Reading »

4 Mar 2014

As Long As They Spell Our Names Right

by Richard John Neuhaus

As Long As They Spell Our Names Right We are incessantly told that we live in a celebrity culture, and it is in large part true. If a celebrity is defined as someone who is well known for being well known, then publicity is the lifeblood of a celebrity culture. Any publicity is good publicity. As it . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2007

The Truce of 2005?

by Richard John Neuhaus

In his influential book The Courage to Be Catholic, George Weigel wrote about the “The Truce of 1968.” By that is meant the decision not to discipline the many theologians and priests who, in a public and concerted campaign, rejected the teaching of the 1968 encyclical on human sexuality, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2006

The Necessary Amendment

by Robert H. Bork

Within the next two or three years, the Supreme Court will almost certainly climax a series of state court rulings by creating a national constitutional right to homosexual marriage. The Court’s ongoing campaign to normalize homosexuality—creating for homosexuals constitutional rights to . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2004

Conciliating Hatred

by Steven D. Smith

These days, if you announce that the Supreme Court is doing politics rather than law you will provoke more yawns than protests. But what sort of politics is the Court doing? Justice Antonin Scalia frequently charges the Court with stepping out of its judicial role and taking sides in the culture . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2004

“Thinly Disguised Totalitarianism”

by Raymond J. de Souza

In 2003, the chief appellate court of the province of Ontario unanimously ruled that the common law definition of marriage in force in Canada (“one man and one woman”) was unconstitutional, as it violated the equality guarantees of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms (an amendment to the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2004

Not So Gay Blades

by Paul R. McHugh

The Age of the Bachelor: Creating an American Subcultureby howard p. chudacoffprinceton university press, 341 pages, $29.95 Howard Chudacoff, a professor of history at Brown University, has written what amounts to a propagandist tract in the form of a purported sociological history of the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2000

Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man

by Marjorie Rosenberg

Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Manby william morrowharper perennial, 662 pages, $27.50 Seeking to create, in her new magnum opus, a canvas rivaling in scope those of Balzac and Dickens, Susan Faludi offered herself as compassionate auditor to American males over a six-year period. The . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2000

Talking Straight

by J. Budziszewski

Homosexuality and American Public Life.Edited by Christopher Wolfe.Introduction by William Kristol.Spence. 320 pp. $29.95 Among activists who want to keep the “hetero” in “sexuality,” a consensus is developing that we need a “public philosophy,” a way to speak wisdom to the people. It . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 1999

Homosexuality and the Truth

by Elizabeth Moberly

Strangers and Friends By Michael Vasey. Hodder & Stoughton (London), 276 pages. Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth By Jeffrey Satinover. Baker, 281 pages, $17.99. The Truth About Homosexuality By John F. Harvey, OSFS. Ignatius, 368 pages, $17.95. Straight and Narrow? By Thomas E. Schmidt. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 1997