Editorials
One Cheer for the Racism Conference
The bitter grievances that many in the poor nations have against the rich nations produced two explosions last month, one actual and one figurative. The terrorist attacks on Sept.
Articles
Killing Them Softly With Kindness
In early April, the upper house of the Dutch Parliament voted to legalize what has been a legally tolerated practice for the last two decades: euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (PAS).
Remembering Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty, who died on July 23 at the age of 92, will remain forever for me a Southern gentlewoman who honed her writing skills to do her life’s work: create lasting literature.
Extremists at Home
I knew the hate would be coming, but not with such ferocity, such immediacy and such prominence.
Books and Culture
Books
When I learned that the subject of Garry Wills’s latest book was Renaissance Venice, my initial reaction was a mixture of surprise, disappoi
Books
At first reading, I thought Ronald Hill’s tack toward poverty somewhat puzzling, coming from someone whose specialty is social science and p
Books
Slowly over the past 25 years in the United States, the old belief in free will has been replaced by a pseudo-scientific belief in determini
Books
One of the most striking attributes of Harvard Divinity School professor and theologian Harvey Cox has been timeliness.His first book,
Books
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) believed that one of the great miseries of his time was that it recognized no medium between Literal
Books
Perhaps I should have known from the title that Robert Morgan’s new novel is about faith.
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Faith in Focus
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