Editorials
The Bush Doctrine
When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, the problem of the Barbary pirates was waiting for him.
Articles
Profiling
Shortly after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, I went to an automobile garage and was greeted by a bearded man of Middle Eastern appearance who asked in a foreign accent how he could be of help.
The Case of Sufiyatu Huseini in Nigeria
On Oct. 9, 2001, an Islamic law court in the State of Sokoto in northern Nigeria ordered Safiyatu Huseini Tungar Tudu to be buried up to her head and shoulders and stoned to death.
The Future Church
Peter Drucker, writing in the Nov. 3, 2001, issue of The Economist, described a revolution that will cause a restructuring of European and American economies and cultures for much of this century.
Whatever Happened to Limbo?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church includes a reassuring and pastorally sensitive statement on the future life of infants who die without baptism: As regards children who have died without
Books and Culture
Books
This is a brilliant, complex and compelling analysis of emotions and their significance in personal and social life.
Books
Economics has dabbled in theology from its beginnings.Two centuries ago, Adam Smith, the father of economics, got the theological ball ro
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The Word
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Of Many Things
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