New Oxford Notes: September 2008
Enforcing Tolerance
Public schools are thumbing their nose at parents, saying: "We can teach your kids whatever we please, and there's nothing anybody can do about it."
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Marriage on the Fringes -- For Now
Will the slippery slope lead us to a society that no longer looks askance at a woman who decides to marry herself, her mother, her sister, or the Statue of Liberty?
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
A Question of Conviction
When sacrilegious art -- like a painting depicting the Virgin Mary wearing a G-string -- appears on a Catholic campus, what should be the proper response?
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
You May Also Enjoy
Modern man, reserved and calculating, must restore true heroism, true spontaneity to his life, Brandsma taught, so that love, sacrifice, and courage may be allowed to perfect our human nature.
There is something very particularly American about "raising awareness": it is democratic, in seeking to sway public opinion; it is optimistic; it is evangelical and yet post-Christian.
While love is strong, niceness seeks the path of least resistance, declines to the lowest common denominator, and minces words.