February 2015
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Letters
marriage pledge R. R. Reno writes in “Government Marriage” (December) that he “can’t see how a priest…
Global Anti-Semitism?
Last May, the Anti-Defamation League made the startling pronouncement that one-quarter of the world’s population is anti-Semitic.…
Mecca for Sale
Mecca is threatened. The city is the sacred center of attention for all Muslims. It is the…
Honor Thy Child
Lila: A Novel by marilynne robinson farrar, straus and giroux, 272 pages, $26 Of Pieter Bruegel’s sixteenth-century…
The Myth of Vampire Children
My university experience, like that of so many others, was rich. I was a college athlete and…
To See Things as They Are
For some time now, the cultural crisis besetting the United States has been taking ominous political and…
Roland on Free Will
In my dream (if it was a dream), I was roused by a soft, suave, gauzily sonorous…
Christian and Countercultural
Over the past decade, especially in the struggle over same-sex marriage, some of my friends and allies…
Ferguson
I could hear the protesters down the street. They gathered in Union Square to demonstrate, then marched…
Necessity of the Good
We are all disciples of Aristotle. Whether we realize it or not, whenever we are talking about…
The Civic Project of American Christianity
George Weigel responds to Michael Hanby in his essay “To See Things As They Are.“ Rod Dreher responds to…
A More Inclusive Pluralism
Recently the California State University System and several other schools have denied campus privileges to student groups…
Grammar Rules
Gwynne’s Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English? by n. m. gwynne…
Paleo-Orthodoxy
A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir by thomas c. odenintervarsity, 384 pages, $40 Autobiographies…
Manual for Love
Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faithby eve tushnetave maria, 224 pages, $15.95…
Briefly Noted
The Father’s Will: Christ’s Crucifixion and the Goodness of God ?by nicholas e. lombardo, o.p. ?oxford, 288…
Experience Explained
True Paradox: How Christianity Makes Sense of Our Complex World? by david skeelintervarsity, 176 pages, $12 Evolutionary…
Drop-off Day
Make sure you give yourself a chance to grieve, A parent handout helpfully suggests. My last one’s…
The Flower Shop
Ducking inside, escaping the thundershowers, you see her surrounded with color-mad displays of roses, tulips, lilies, mysterious…
Gentler
Men and women should be gentler with one another; what was it my godmother used to say?…
With the Bath Water
When data started to accumulate, we didn’t think the end would be so tragic. Facts were such…
