New Oxford Notes: July-August 2013
The French Revolution, Part Deux
France is seeing its largest, most prolonged public demonstrations of the past several decades; millions are protesting same-sex marriage and adoption.
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Big Sister Is Listening to You
States expend considerable effort rewriting statutes using "gender-neutral vocabulary" and manipulating our language in the service of a broad sociopolitical agenda.
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Neither East nor West: On the Pope's Radical New Encyclical
John Paul II's 'Sollicitudo Rei Socialis' equates Western capitalism with Eastern Communism, and condemns both even-handedly.
Letter to the Editor: January-February 1992
Yes, the Early Church Really Was Pacifist... Coles, Suffering and the Pope... Overly Sensitive
The Words of God
American hymnals and Bible translations must retain the authority that only memory, accuracy, and tradition bring, yet also be modern enough.