December 2007
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2007 December Letters
Heated Debate Over Climate Marcuse had it right—science is no neutral arbiter of truth. That goes for…
On Rereading the Civil War
As long-term readers know, every August at the cottage in Quebec I give myself the assignment of…
Saving Ecumenism from Itself
The Oberlin conference on The Nature of the Unity We Seek, which met fifty years ago, in…
America’s Two Foundings
Contrasting judgments often arise from studying the Niagara of words that justified the American War for Independence—together…
The Curious Case of Free Exercise
On June 1, 1925, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Pierce v. Society of the Sisters…
True Devotion to Mary
In his classic work Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, Henry Adams asserts, only half whimsically, that the twelfth-century Cathedral…
Abortion Politics 2008
For reasons quite plausible, even to people on the pro-life side, Rudolph Giuliani persists in standing well…
The Art of Transgression
Contemporary art refuses any set form, content, or medium—but it does, nonetheless, insist on one sure commandment:…
The End of Advent
Christmas has devoured Advent, gobbled it up with the turkey giblets and the goblets of seasonal ale.…
Majority Rules
Voting About God in Early Church Councils by ramsay macmullen yale university press, 192 pages, $30 What…
Faith by the Numbers
Equations from God: Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faithby daniel j. cohen johns hopkins university press, 256 pages, $50…
To Have and to Hold
Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Ageby kay s. hymowitz ivan…
More in Heaven and Earth
Robert Frost:The Poet as Philosopher by peter j. stanlis isi, 350 pages, $28 Poor Robert Frost.…
Briefly Noted 210
Benedict XVI: The Man Who Was Ratzinger by michael s. rose spence, 182 pages, $22.95 The author…
Michael
Make me mighty As a feather Of your wing—Breathe here bright With fearless love — Samuel Menashe Photo by Geran…
For Timothy Murphy
God gives all He has to give—His son to speak that one word, Live. — Joseph Bottum …
The Magi
Christmas Eve, the Word made Flesh, We put the baby in the manger, But could not add…
Horace’s Satires I:VI
When I am in the mood, I go explore entirely alone and ascertain the prices set for…
