September 2013
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Letters
Suicide Wesley J. Smith gives no reasons for his lamentations concerning the increasing frequency of euthanasia and…
Purpose and Function
This is the last I shall write on this topic, I promise. I do not want to…
Faith in Fiction
I’m sick of Flannery O’Connor. I’m also sick of Walker Percy, G. K. Chesterton, J. R. R.…
Revolving Revolutions
The mariners of the sixteenth century could not have imagined that people would ever cross the ocean…
The Halakhah of Jesus’ Trial
The question of who is responsible for the death of Jesus has a long and vexatious history,…
War on the Weak
War on the Weak We’re in the midst of a war on the weak. And I don’t…
Fighting on New Terrain
A few months ago, after I had given a lecture on the future of Catholicism in Kennewick,…
On Loyalty
If you visit Edinburgh, you can visit the famous statue of Bobby that sits near the south…
No Enduring City
One of the temperamental advantages to be gained from a belief in divine providence is serenity in…
Passion and Prudence
As a longtime student of and occasional contributor to First Things , I am of course sympathetic…
Primacy of Witness
The greatest cultural”and ecclesial”challenge we have to confront is the loss of a palpable sense that God’s…
Our Challenges
First things remain first things. The dignity of the human person, the joys and duties of the…
A Misty Reel
Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition? by David Nirenberg Norton, 624 pages, $35 n World history is the history…
Briefly Noted
The Promise of Christian Humanism: Thomas Aquinas on Hope by Dominic F. Doyle Crossroad, 248 pages, $34.95…
A Rooted Man
Coolidge by amity shlaes harpercollins, 576 pages, $35 Walter Lippmann might have captured the conservative greatness of…
Torture and Terror
The Ethics of Interrogation: Professional Responsibility in an Age of Terror by Paul Lauritzen Georgetown, 208 pages,…
Church as Sacrament
Evangelical Catholicism:Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church by george weigel Basic, 304 pages, $27.99 In his bracing…
Saint Teresa’s Fairy Tale
A castle made of a single diamond Stands in a courtyard choked with thorns. In the house…
When the Wind Blows
I would have liked to linger in this room, But a rough wind was blowing. To wake…
