Volume > Issue > New Oxford Notes: December 2005

New Oxford Notes: December 2005

The Miers Disaster

Democrats and Republicans alike seemed to agree that Harriet Miers is not an "ideologue" or an "extremist" -- code words for a prolifer.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
"Thank Goodness, It Was With a Woman, Not a Man"

Conservative Catholic hero Monsignor Eugene Clark, foe of homosexuals in the clergy, is involved in a different kind of scandal.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Trouble Understanding Father's Accent?

If Catholics don't want to have large families, they should blame themselves for the priest shortage and not blame Father's accent.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Chrismukkah: It's In the Cards

A newly minted interfaith "holiday" is a multi-cultural mishmash of cherished rituals and customs with "no dogma and no rules."

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
The Exception Proves the Rule

LIberals say the cure for abortion is contraception, but more than half of all abortions occur when women have used contraceptives.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.

You May Also Enjoy

Is Democracy a Transcendent Good?

Conservatives must realize that placing human dignity at the center of their political programs may increasingly involve rejecting the vox populi.

Letters to the Editor: December 1984

Opposing the Bishops... Trust Economic Liberty... Relief... 50 Percent... Berrigan’s Error... Fetal Pain

Conspicuous Consumption & the Falling Rate of Enjoyment

Given an absence of time for imagining alternatives, our humanity is defined in terms of consumption. We lack the peace needed to cultivate ourselves as unique persons.