New Oxford Notes: November 2011
Into the Void
One would think that retooling, remarketing, and simplifying the bishops' voting guide would be a priority aimed at enlarging its readership. Unfortunately, it is not.
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Combating Cultural Vandalism: The Scottish Example
It's hard not to be impressed by the Scottish bishops' consistent, powerful salvos fired at the Scottish government over same-sex marriage legislation.
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Catholic Confusion at the Very Top
We do not trust in princes -- even sometimes the princes of the Church -- but in the solemn promises of Jesus Christ.
"Deja Vu All Over Again": The Return of Paganism
The Roman historian Livy observed: "We can neither endure our vices nor face the remedies needed to cure them."
Is George Will Actually a (20th-century American) Liberal in Disguise?
Will's conservatism is one that works at "dusting off old ideas, not generating new ones." It does this out of the conviction that "after all, most new knowledge is false."