March 2007
March Letters 178
The Founders & Individualism As a fellow law professor and Catholic, I agree with many of the…
Render Unto Atatürk
When thousands of furious Muslims rallied in the streets of the West Bank, Pakistan, and Indonesia to…
Who Is Harry Sylvester?
If the Ministry of Truth had devoted their full attention to obliterating the memory of Harry Sylvester,…
Bach to the Future
Johann Sebastian Bach: Life and Work by martin geck harcourt, 752 pages, $40 The collected works of Johann…
Literature in the Ruins
Obsolete Objects in the Literary Imagination: Ruins, Relics, Rarities, Rubbish, Uninhabited Places, and Hidden Treasures, by Francesco…
The Nature of America
From Nature to Experience: The American Search for Cultural Authority , by Roger Lundin, Rowman & Littlefield,…
The Feeling Intellect
Michael Polanyi: Scientist and Philosopher, by William Taussig Scott and Martin X. Moleski, S.J., Oxford University Press,…
Briefly Noted 178
Kierkegaard and Socrates: A Study in Philosophy and Faith , by Jacob Howland, Cambridge University Press, 246…
Letrillos
Nativity With God’s Word-the burgeon that swells in her womb” now she comes, the Virgin: if you…
The Youthful Shepherd
A youthful shepherd, wandering and feeling far from his heart’s content, goes sad and lonely, his thoughts…