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RJN: Race, Gender, the Presidency, and the NY Times

Richard John Neuhaus

There they all are, all forty-three of them. Their pictures take up the better part of the…

Bottum: Christmas Reruns

Joseph Bottum

The first of our Christmas Reruns ¯writings on the season from our authors through the years. It’s…

Sacramone: Review of Babel

Anthony Sacramone

In the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, the hubris of technological man, seeking to realize…

The Needle’s Eye

Drew E. Griffin

The Greek Praise of Poverty: Origins of Ancient Cynicism by William D. Desmond University of Notre Dame…

Reno: Modern Art Revisited

R. R. Reno

Two recent trips to two very different art exhibits provoked some gloomy thoughts about our times. Earlier…

Smith: Saints and Singers

Wesley J. Smith

Like Fr. Neuhaus , I too was taken with the article “I’m Not a Saint, Just a…

Oakes: The Body in St. Paul and Benedict XVI

Edward T. Oakes

Reports that the South African Parliament has approved gay marriage, and that the U.S. Catholic bishops have…

RJN: From Borat to Chelsea

Richard John Neuhaus

There has been a lively discussion among the young folks in the office about the morality of…

Powers: Boomers, War, and Sacrifice

Elizabeth Powers

We were walking through Central Park in Manhattan, just south of the Naumburg Bandshell, when we came…

RJN: Regensburg, TNR, etc.

Richard John Neuhaus

One of the encouraging developments following Pope Benedict’s lecture at Regensburg University on September 12 is the…

Hylden: An Evening at GTS

Jordan Hylden

Seeing as how I am a new Episcopalian and still learning about my church, I attended a…

Stith: Arguing with Pro-Choicers

Richard Stith

Why do many pro-choice people find our arguments against early abortion not just unconvincing but absurd? Consider,…

RJN: Neocons v. Theocons: The Sequel

Richard John Neuhaus

Evangelicals have never forgotten, and for good reason they have never forgotten, that Washington Post story of…

Barr: Dawkins, Unfortunately

Stephen M. Barr

A small price that I have paid for the privilege of writing book reviews for First Things…

Rose: String Theory and All That

John Rose

Depending on whom you ask, it’s either the holy grail of physics¯the prophesied Theory of Everything¯or a…