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Arts & Culture Books
Gene RomanNovember 12, 2007

Just after the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept 11 2001 White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer warned Americans at a press conference that we are now living in an era in which 8220 we have to watch what we say 8221 Since that declaration I have been searching for a book de

Books
Michael J. KerlinNovember 12, 2007

R 233 mi Brague has had two previous books translated into English The Wisdom of the World The Human Experience of the World in Western Thought 2003 French original 1999 traces the ways in which people have related human action to cosmological realities that serve as models for judging right

The Word
Daniel J. HarringtonNovember 12, 2007

From time to time someone predicts that the world is going to end on such-and-such a date These predictions are typically greeted with a mixture of fear ridicule and bemusement In New Testament times many people seemed to have been concerned if not with the end of the world then at least with t

Of Many Things
Maurice Timothy ReidyNovember 12, 2007

I graduated from journalism school in 2000, a heady time when newspapers were still hiring young people with enthusiasm but little experience. With a little help from a friend, I got a job at The Hartford Courant, a reputable midsize newspaper. During my three years at the Courant, management introd

Current Comment
The EditorsNovember 12, 2007

Conscience and Information Two newspapers in Malaysia were recently closed down for specified periods as a punitive measure after their editors published controversial cartoons. In both cases the press could be seen as an equal opportunity offender, since one cartoon pictured the prophet Muhammad an

Editorials
The EditorsNovember 12, 2007

We must honor our soldiers before, during and after their service.

News

Conscientious Objector to Nazis Beatified in Austria A Vatican cardinal beatified Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer who was beheaded in 1943 after he refused to fight in Hitler’s army. Presiding over the beatification Mass in Linz, Austria, Oct. 26, Cardinal José Saraiva Ma