Letter to the Editor: January-February 1988

The Forms & Scale of Private Property... The Perils of Perfection... Too Agrarian... 'Red Tories' in Canada... (Personalist)... and more

An Inside Look at a Moonie Training Session

ON THE NOW-RESPECTABLE MOONIES

Thomas W. Case

Right from the beginning of his "apostolate" -- namely, The Washington Times, the "other" daily in D.C. -- the Rev. Moon has pandered to the powers-that-be.

The Gentle Catholic Radicalism of Peter Maurin

HISTORY AS SEEN FROM A PERSONALIST VANTAGE POINT

William D. Miller

"Gentle personalism" described his program for renewal. It was an impulse toward freedom and community that had the potential of radiating throughout creation.

The Politics of Abandonment

THE SPIRITUAL BASES OF GOOD POLITICS

L. Brent Bozell

There is a connection between Thérèse's spectacular commitment to abandonment and her spectacular elevation to leadership of an important Church enterprise.

Should a Pregnant Woman Be Executed?

GUEST COLUMN

John R. Vile

Would any reasonable person think it appropriate to execute a duly tried and convicted pregnant woman before the birth of the baby?

The Secular Mind IV: Relativism

HARVARD DIARY

Robert Coles

My student was a stand-in for millions of us who have been hearing in schools and reading in newspapers that "values vary, depending on the person."

The Chester-Mugg Tradition

Maclin Horton

A gaiety deriv­ed from Christian hope connects the two men and reveals this hope as something greater than the insipid thing its detractors make it out to be.

Briefly: January-February 1988

What's Happening to My Life? A Teenage Journey... Reinhold Niebuhr and the Issues of Our Time... Clive Staples Lewis: A Dramatic Life... and more