March 2013
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Is, Ought, and Nature’s Laws
There is a long, rich, varied, and subtle tradition of natural law theory, almost none of which…
My Brittle Bones
I belong to a very ordinary Australian family, albeit with two obvious differences. First, compared with the…
The Brilliantine Coattails of Lust
I remember walking home from grade school with my sister and brother on the day that my…
New York Kippah Count
Jews have been counting themselves since the time of Moses. The Bible provided an exact figure of…
Letters
Roe’s Legacy While Jon Shields’ provocative piece (“Roe’s Pro-Life Legacy,” January) credits the Supreme Court decision with…
Black Power, White Fear
Black Power, White Fear I first saw them when I was thirteen or fourteen. They were frightening,…
Homosexual Marriage, Parenting, and Adoption
This essay unfortunately has a number of plagiarized passages that were only discovered after First Things had…
David Foster Wallace to the Rescue
Let’s not speak of suicide. Let’s not encourage the cottage industry bent on reducing David Foster Wallace…
Evangelical Catholicism
The deep reform of the Catholic Church has been underway since the pontificate of Pope Leo XIII…
Homosexual Marriage, Homosexual Parenting, and Adoption: Unabridged
This essay unfortunately has a number of plagiarized passages that were only discovered after First Things had…
Cherished Children
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon Scribner, 976 pages,…
Thoroughly Modern Mary
The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín Scribner, 81 pages, $19.99 All told, Mary utters only two…
Fathers Abraham
Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Jon D. Levenson Princeton,…
Briefly Noted
Nicholas of Cusa: A Companion to His Life and His Times by Morimichi Watanabe edited by Gerald…
Some Assembly Required
Holy Scripture and the Quest for Authority at the End of the Middle Ages by Ian Christopher…
Defending Marriage
What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense by Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and Robert P.…
NCAA
It’s always been Reward the win, Ignore the sin. The conscience sleeps When money keeps Pouring in.
The French Quarter
Yes, I remember Bourbon Street: The pulse of jazz; the girls (and boys Done up as girls)…
