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A selection of recent articles on this topic
It’s Not All Relative
As I wrote in this space last week (see here and here ), many Catholic thinkers tend…
Right Reason in the Public Square
Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and director of the Cardinal…
For the Sake of Civil Argument
Talk about “criminalizing political differences” is again rife in the wake of the conviction of Scooter Libby.…
Was Washington Really a Deist?
As we approach George Washington’s birthday¯so often lost these days in the good shopping bargains of a…
Episcopal Elevation, Pitstick the Theologian, and the Fate of Europe
Some Muslims in America are unhappy with us. And apparently they know something I don’t. This from…
The Hrant Dink Murder and Its Meaning
On January 19, 2007, a journalist named Hrant Dink was shot dead by a seventeen-year-old militant on…
Novak: The Church in Poland
As an American, far away, with a deep love for Poland, my deepest sorrow is felt for…
Oakes: The Painted Veil
In this space a couple of weeks ago, Anthony Sacramone rightly scored Alfonso Cuarón’s film version of…
Miller: Reading the Bishops Rightly
Speaking to the St. Thomas More Society of Philadelphia last spring, Fr. Neuhaus said, “When it is…
Bottum: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese died yesterday, slipping away at age sixty-five after a long illness. A professor at Emory…
Bottum: Housekeeping
If you look over at the top of the lefthand column, here at the First Things website,…
Powers: The Party of Responsibility?
The Republicans seem to have lost the values voters in the midterm elections. William Saletan, author of…
RJN: On Love & Madness
Here, with thanks to Amy Welborn, a reflection to lift the heart and confirm the will .…
Barr: Dawkins, Unfortunately
A small price that I have paid for the privilege of writing book reviews for First Things…
Judge William Pryor and Lee Silver
Judge William H. Pryor is on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. I count him…
