Volume > Issue > New Oxford Notes: February 2009

New Oxford Notes: February 2009

Sore Losers

Whenever gay-rights groups are challenged democratically and lose, they complain of being victims of entrenched bigots. November's elections provide some excellent examples.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
The Vatican Toes the Line

Among the nations of the Old World only the Vatican raises her lonely voice against the enshrinement of immorality into law and as a result becomes the target of public scorn and ridicule.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
The Latest Skirmish in the Pius Wars...

The beatification process of Pope Pius XII should present no insurmountable obstacle to friendly Catholic-Jewish relations or Vatican-Israel alliances. But some don't see it that way.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.

You May Also Enjoy

Briefly: November 2010

Reviews of Hope in a Scattering Time: A Life of Christopher Lasch... Tradition: Concept and Claim...

What Today’s Academics Have Forgotten About Education

The study of man as man ought to entail an examination of art in all its forms. From this the student gains indispensable insights into the human predicament.

Uniforms

We have been hearing a good deal of late about the value of uniforms in…