
New Oxford Notes: June 2004

"For Fear of the Jews" (If Only)
Bishop Patrick McGrath is not fit to be a bishop.
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It Ain't Broke, But Let's Fix It Anyhow
Crisis magazine stoops to the Bait and Switch, a tried and true tactic of used-car dealers.
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An Ex-Lutheran Still in Recovery
We do hope that Fr. Neuhaus will fully recover from his Lutheranism.
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A Morally Squalid Man Besotted With Ideology?
Honest-to-goodness Communists are not all alike.
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