Volume > Issue > New Oxford Notes: December 2005

New Oxford Notes: December 2005

The Miers Disaster

Democrats and Republicans alike seemed to agree that Harriet Miers is not an "ideologue" or an "extremist" -- code words for a prolifer.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
"Thank Goodness, It Was With a Woman, Not a Man"

Conservative Catholic hero Monsignor Eugene Clark, foe of homosexuals in the clergy, is involved in a different kind of scandal.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Trouble Understanding Father's Accent?

If Catholics don't want to have large families, they should blame themselves for the priest shortage and not blame Father's accent.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Chrismukkah: It's In the Cards

A newly minted interfaith "holiday" is a multi-cultural mishmash of cherished rituals and customs with "no dogma and no rules."

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
The Exception Proves the Rule

LIberals say the cure for abortion is contraception, but more than half of all abortions occur when women have used contraceptives.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.

You May Also Enjoy

The Woke Ethic & the Spirit of Protestantism

The woke project, like much of Protestantism, is led by a self-selected group of “the Elect” who see themselves as arbiters of excellence in moral matters.

Briefly: December 1996

Reviews of Hans Urs von Balthasar: A Theological Style... Pattern of Redemption: The Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar... The Empty Church: The Suicide of Liberal Christianity... The Politics of Meaning

The News You May Have Missed: April 2020

Gaming the Grid... Automated Climate Denial... Smell the Bacon... Groundbot Day?... Swiss Mistake... Surgery Self-Serenade... more