May 2009
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Demographics & Depression
Three generations of economists immersed themselves in study of the Great Depression, determined to prevent a recurrence…
May Letters
Facing Islam I was surprised to read such a distorted overall view of Christianity and Islam in…
Darwin in the Louvre
The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution by Denis Dutton Bloomsbury, 288 pages, $25 The human…
Shadows in Amsterdam
Years ago, I lived in an old brown house that had been converted into apartments. Next door…
True Development of the Liturgy
How much of the postconciliar liturgical reform truly reflects Sacrosanctum Concilium , the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution…
Faith & Finance
Swings in the business cycle are as psychological as they are economic. The Economist put the matter…
Blessed Are the Green of Heart
Some years ago I was leading a summer study tour in Oxford, England, during which as a…
Words of Nectar and Cyanide
You can trace, through the history of philosophy, a line of aphorism—that odd, somewhat disreputable method of…
Why Avery Dulles Matters
When Avery Cardinal Dulles died on December 12, 2008, the Catholic Church lost its most distinguished American…
Slouching Towards Pelosi
The Making of a Catholic President: Kennedy vs. Nixon 1960 by Shaun A. Casey Oxford University Press,…
Angels and Ministers of Grace
No Ordinary Angel: Celestial Spirits and Christian Claims about Jesus by susan r. garrett yale university press,…
The Return of Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington and the Struggle Against White Supremacy by david h. jackson jr. palgrave macmillan, 260…
Two Cheers for Sovereignty
Sovereignty: God, State, Self by Jean BethkeˆElshtain Basic, 480 pages, $35 Jean Bethke Elshtain certainly succeeds in…
Briefly Noted 229
Getting the Blues: What Blues Music Teaches Us about Suffering and Salvation by Stephen J. Nichols Brazos,…
Disclaimer
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Caesar for a Day
Wearing a toga and a laurel wreath, The neighbor’s boy is Caesar for the day. Beside the…
Psalm
Give thanks for all things On the plucked lute, and likewise The harp of ten strings. Have…
After Sappho
Hesperus, you reunite What dawn divides from one another” The businessman and the suburb, The couple and…
The Romantic’s Prayer
Help me to lay aside my glitzy schemes, My starry ifs , my svelte velleities; Write off…
Admonition for the Seventh Decade
All the bluster and conceit, All the hare-brained indiscreet Obfuscations and obsessions, All the ludicrous confessions, Put…
