Editorials
Lift the Siege
According to the Book of Genesis, the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq is the site of the legendary Tree of Life.
Articles
The Magic Touch
At age nine, I had an epiphany. I was watching my parents holding hands as we walked across a parking lot after a football game.
Hurricane Mitch's Silver Lining
The enormous sow was the picture of contentment, lying on her side under a gazebo-like structure that protected her from the intermittent tropical rain. What’s her name?
Heart and Soul
In September, news reports from England described yet another medical tragedy, complicated once more by the additional burdens of decision-making that medical technology now imposes on us.
Books and Culture
Books
In the first few decades of the 20th century, a remarkable number of English writers chose to become Roman Catholics.
Books
Bertrand Russell once remarked that intellectuals, like savages, are apt to imagine magical connections between words and things.
