Conservatism

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The Foundations of Christian Bioethics

Gilbert Meilaender

In 1986 H. Tristram Engelhardt published his widely read book, The Foundations of Bioethics . A second…

Capitalism and the Suicide of Culture

Brian C. Anderson

Not long before he died, the political philosopher Isaiah Berlin somberly summed up his, and our, age:…

Negative Theology

Jon D. Levenson

The Concept of Biblical Theology: An Old Testament Perspectiveby james barrfortress, 715 pages, $40 Formerly the Regius…

Abraham Lincoln & the Last Best Hope

Jean Bethke Elshtain

The beginning of the ninth century of the millennium now almost past was promising enough. The Congress of…

Which Conservatism?

Brian C. Anderson

A Case for Conservatism. By John Kekes. Cornell University Press.  239 pp. $29.95. In his important 1997…

The New Populism

Dean C. Curry

The Great Betrayal by patrick j. buchanan little, brown. 384 pp. $22.95 Readers of a certain age…

God, Man, and H. L. Mencken

George Weigel

Mencken: A Lifeby fred hobsonrandom house, 650 pages, $35 H. L. Mencken, My Life as Author and…

The Hipster and the Organization Man

Wilfred M. McClay

From all appearances, it is now back in style to be critical of American individualism. Indeed, that…

Christian Conviction & Democratic Etiquette

George Weigel

According to a bit of street wisdom that has worked its way into the national vocabulary, “You…

Communal Foundations

Alan L. Mittleman

The Idea of Civil Society by adam seligman free press, 220 pages, $24.95 Adam Seligman’s book, while…

Population Policy: Ideology as Science

Nicholas Eberstadt

In recent years the poorer regions of the earth have been swept by a “population revolution” which,…

Was Burke a Conservative?

Mark C. Henrie

The Great Melody: A Thematic Biography and Commented Anthology of Edmund Burke by conor cruise o’brien university…

Catholicism and the American Proposition

George Weigel

The year 1991 marked the centenary of modern Catholic social teaching—the issuing of the encyclical Rerum Novarum by Pope…

Editorial: The Year that Conservatism Turned Ugly

The Editors

To judge simply by the responses we have received, a good many readers did not like the…

The Big Economic Lie

Michael Novak

There they go again. The presidential election of 1992 is bringing out among politicians and the media…