Letter to the Editor: April 2013

The Great Amphibium... To Roast or Not to Roast?... Wild & Unjust Twists... What Do We Owe the Poor?... Why Should We Be Shocked?... Studying Philosophy... A Brighter Future for the Dark Continent... A Right & Just Man

The News You May Have Missed

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Lethal Literalism... The Alligators Are Alright... Holy Autographs... Five Boys in Two Years... The Power of Toys... Dumpster-Diving 2.0... The Body as Billboard... So You Want to Be a Working Girl?... Buyer Beware... To Live & Die in Guangdong Province... Marriage Briefs... Underpants for God's Anointed

New Oxford Notes: April 2013

Individuality: The New Conformity... Sex, Lies & Dossiers: The Vatican at the Crossroads

An Epic in Search of an Ending

FATIMA: TWO PERSPECTIVES

John Martin

If the Fatima story had occurred in the days of the Old Testament, it would have been made into a book of the Bible — prophecy-filled, drama-packed, and miracle-rich.

An Epilogue for the Disappointed

HOWARD P. KAINZ REPLIES

Howard P. Kainz

We can't wait on the conversion of Russia; we have to attend to our own personal conversion and work for the conversion of the Church and our own nation.

On Gratitude & Growing Up

VITAL WORKS RECONSIDERED, #34

Matthew Anger

Dickens's best tales have the cadence of great drama, and there is something universal and enduring in his depiction of life's mysteries that we all relate to yet can't explain.

How a Neglect of Physics Has Turned Christianity into a Myth for Modern Man

RECOVERING BY GROUNDING MODERN PHYSICS — PART I

Anthony Rizzi

If asked what Christianity is about, rarely will a person's answer include the pivotal word 'truth,' let alone a thoughtful understanding of what truth is.

Juvenal: A Pagan & A Prophet of Sorts

GUEST COLUMN

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

"Satire VI" shows that where lust is widespread, especially among women, it leads to cultural insanity, the loss of future generations, and the end of a civilization.

Advocating for the Innocent in an Abnormal World

Mary McWay Seaman

Miller's exposé hails from the front lines of the war on babies; it is packed with heart-wrenching drama that follows pro-life battles on the ground and in the courtroom.

Briefly: April 2013

Broken and Shared: Food, Dignity, and the Poor on Los Angeles' Skid Row