Letter to the Editor: March 1992

Breaking Through Conditioned Attitudes... Protestants and Natural Law... Television Doesn't Have a Prayer... The Young, Too

The Catholic Community at Harvard

ON THE HARVARD MOTTO, 'FOR CHRIST AND THE CHURCH'

John T. Noonan

Once upon a time a chair was created to preach on the evils of papistry. In the 17th century there were no Catholics in attendance; ditto in the 18th century.

On Gary North, Texas Fundamentalist

ANALYZING THE MORAL DEFENSE OF FREE MARKET CAPITALISM — PART I

Charles K. Wilber & Laura M. Grimes

Many Christian defenders of free market capitalism make good points but ignore or gloss over important texts that point to its limitations.

Abortion, Academe & the American Psychiatric Association

A REAL THANATOS SYNDROME

Patricia Wesley

A prestigious medical society honoring a woman who helps ensure that children become medical waste is caught in a horrific contradiction -- greater because it's unrecognized.

Not Only a Disease

HARVARD DIARY

Robert Coles

I am ashamed to put before the reader some of the remarks I have heard from grown men and women, all too eager to denounce others for their sickness.

A Communitarian Critic of Liberalism

Philip E. Devine

Glendon, in her attempt to promote community, obscures the conflicts of value which are a conspicuous feature of contemporary life.

Orestes Explains It All for You

David Hartman

Perceiving Brownson's charms may be an acquired taste, but his frequent conversions were less evidence of infidelity than of a restless heart questing for ultimate meaning.

Briefly: March 1992

Reviews of Power Trips and Other Journeys... Feminism Without Illusions... The Poet's Work: An Introduction to Czeslaw Milosz... The Moral Vision of Dorothy Day: A Feminist Perspective... Naming The Silences: God, Medicine, and the Problem of Suffering... Tradition in a Rootless World: Women Turn to Orthodox Judaism... Liberalism, Conservatism, and Catholicism: An Evaluation of Contemporary American Political Ideologies in Light of Catholic Social Teaching... Anarchy and Christianity... Praying by Hand... Letters to Jess...Newman the Theologian: A Reader