Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Secret of the Self
Consider the obituary column in your local newspaper—not the obituary of anyone famous but just an ordinary…
RJN: 11.29.05 In the Washington…
In the Washington Post ( November 18 ), Michael Kinsley returns to the complexity of abortion politics.…
RJN: 11.28.05 I have said…
I have said that the silly season in Catholic liturgical practices is now passing. It is not…
RJN: 11.24.05 Thanksgiving Day…
Thanksgiving Day. The little community of which I’m part doesn’t have a Thanksgiving dinner. We disperse to…
JB: 11.22.05 There’s a set…
There’s a set of English town names that sound more like settings for P.G. Wodehouse comedies or…
JB: 11.19.05
Liberté, égalité, fraternité is the motto of the French Republic, but the fraternité seems to have gone…
RJN: 11.11.05 Nobody has revealed…
Nobody has revealed the details, but Judith Miller declares herself “very satisfied” with the severance package she…
RJN: 11.10.05 If once having…
If once having shaken hands is meeting, I have met Philip Rieff. But he has been much…
Seeking Signs and Wonders
The Miracle Detective by Randall Sullivan Atlantic Monthly, 448 pages, $25 Few things rankle the modern mind…
John Keegan, the eminent
John Keegan, the eminent historian of warfare, writes that the trial of Saddam Hussein poses difficult questions…
RJN: 10.26.05 I mentioned the annual…
I mentioned the annual Erasmus Lecture. This year’s lecture on Monday, October 17, was given by Dr.…
“I’ve been looking for…
“I’ve been looking for something not to like,” a reader writes, “and now I’ve found it. You’re…
In the current issue of the…
In the current issue of the Weekly Standard , Joseph Epstein has a scintillating analysis of the…
The battle of the polls goes…
The battle of the polls goes on and on: Pro-life up, pro-life down, pro-choice down, pro-choice up.…
Robert Benne of Roanoke…
Robert Benne of Roanoke College, writing in the November issue of FIRST THINGS, offers his take on…
