June/July 2010
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Letters
Uprooting Spirituality In his review of Rebecca Goldstein’s 36 Arguments for the Existence of God (“Lost in…
The Weight of Smut
As the impressively depressing cover story “America the Obese” in the May issue of The Atlantic serves…
Regard the Scuttlebutt as True
In the hot Washington afternoon, in one of those endlessly bustling government offices, there sits a man…
Architecture
When I attended architecture school in the 1980s, I was rather skeptical of the modernist project. Instead,…
The Morality of Self-Interest
Nations fail, Augustine argued, because peoples fail, and peoples fail because they love the wrong things. A…
Reforming the Health-Care Reform
For all the weeping and crying and gnashing of teeth among conservatives, it’s important to recognize the…
The Trial of Jesus
For the last four years, I have been conducting, at New York University’s School of Law, a…
The Cost of Father Maciel
Cardinal Sodano has to go. The dean of the College of Cardinals, he has been found too…
Vast Dangers in a Small Place
In ordinary times, or in earlier days, when the judges were more clear-headed, the case of Christian…
In the Name of the Sons
On a cold night last October, two men stood shoulder to shoulder in front of a small…
Nothing to See Here
Whatever happened to bioethics? The decade between the cloning of Dolly the sheep and the election of…
The Brothers Grim
Hitch-22 by christopher hitchens twelve, 448 pages, $26 The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith by…
Review of God, Philosophy, Universities
n God, Philosophy, Universities: A Selective History of the Catholic Philosophical Tradition BY ALASDAIR MACINTYRE ROWMAN &…
Review of Hugh of St. Victor
n Hugh of St. Victor BY PAUL ROREM OXFORD, 256 PAGES, $27.95 nn In the Paradiso Dante…
Review of Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries
n Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries BY STEPHEN KLIMCZUK AND GERALD WARNER STERLING, 272 PAGES, $19.95 nn An…
The Lost Dimension
n The 3-D explosion in Hollywood may add depth to the screen, but Armond White argues that…
Apostasy Sells
n The Death and Life of the Great American School System BY DIANE RAVITCH BASIC BOOKS, 283…
Review of The Lover’s Guide to Trapping
n The Lover’s Guide to Trapping BY WYATT PRUNTY JOHNS HOPKINS, 53 PAGES, $23.95 nn In this…
Down and Dirty
n The Pregnant Widow BY MARTIN AMIS ALFRED A. KNOPF, 384 PAGES, $26.95 nn Martin Amis’ Money…
For the Black Cat Encountering Consequences
As wild and callous as you are, by rights You should be banished outside to the ditch,…
Goldfinch
Carel Fabritius. 1654, oil on panel, 35.2 cm. x 22.8 cm. The bird is fiction though the…
Complete Poussiniana
Deep in myth, these galleries keep their counsel but re-distribute all the elements. Nymph rides goat, at-tended…
The Twentieth Century in Photographs
Different faces, formats all the same: A profile set beside a frontal view And nothing else included…
Cancer Dog
Her open wound accuses you. It leaves its traces in the corner where she sleeps. She sleeps…
Short Measure
The hummingbird has lingered. A rhododendron blooms. But each night autumn’s chilly dreams Stalk through our bedrooms.…
Olea Europaea
The salty Peloponnese flood Of minerals and Trojan blood Is in this oily, briny fruit, Savored by…
Knotwork Medallion
What did you see in the walnut? Horses all harnessed criss-cross And a soldier wearing the credits…
