American Politics
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The Supreme Court 1997
To help the reader understand the background of the following commentaries, we asked Robert P. George of…
Who Elected Clinton: A Collision of Values
If you believe the conventional wisdom, the 1996 elections were “valueless.” And indeed, moral concerns played a…
August/September Letters
Favoritism vs. Nondiscrimination? In the April issue of First Things (“God and Bigotry at Yale,” Public Square),…
Conflicting Worlds of Welfare Reform
The welfare reform that Congress passed last year ends unlimited federal aid to poor families and limits…
April in Black and White
April was a month crowded with events in America’s continuing muddled encounter with the dilemmas of race.…
Debriefing the Philosophers
There are many schools of thought to which an American philosopher may belong, but there is still…
Strained Mercy
Seduced by Death: Doctors, Patients, and the Dutch Cure By Herbert Hendin. Norton, 256 pages, $27.50. Somewhere…
The Myth of Soulless Women
Josh Billings remarked profoundly that “the trouble with people is not that they don’t know but that…
We’re No. 144
When I came to New York eight years ago, it was a much tougher town than it…
Bad News
In Bob Dole’s remarkably inept campaign for the presidency, he could nonetheless count on one surefire applause…
Can Muslims be Democrats?
Islam and Democracy by john l. esposito and john o. voll oxford university press, 232 pages, $45…
Exorcising Demons
Sin and Censorship: The Catholic Church and the Motion Picture Industry by frank walsh yale university press,…
Consecrating the President
This month a hundred million Americans will watch a United States Supreme Court Justice once again ask…
The End of Democracy? Our Judicial Oligarchy
This last term of the Supreme Court brought home to us with fresh clarity what it means…
Abortion, Set to Music
Sacred Music of the 20th Century LAL-2001, Life Art, Ltd. 129 Frandview Terrace, Box 300, Lakeside, MT…
