Our 30th Anniversary

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

Letter to the Editor: February 2007

Eschatalogical Nonsense... Our Churches Would Be Full... Jesus Christ Will Reign... Intimacy & Immanence... In Persona Christi... Fr. Groeschel... The Color of Mourning... Despical Details... George Kendall, Take Two...

New Oxford Notes: February 2007

A Time to Mourn & a Time to Speak... Embarassing & Contradictory... Are You Absolutely Certain That God Exists?... Surrendering Oneself to Beauty... A Little Bit of Gnosticism

In 1531, Mary Intervened to Prevent a Clash of Civilizations

WILL SHE HAVE TO AGAIN?

Jim Coop

Many Moslem women not only resemble our Lady in their style of dress but also in the practice of a virtue that Western women must once again embrace.

The Moral Weight of Words

IS GOD 'THE NICE GUY UPSTAIRS'?

Alice von Hildebrand

A striking phenomenon of the society in which we live is that many of us have lost the sense of the propriety -- and impropriety -- of words.

American Genocide

WHY DO WE MURDER DOWN SYNDROME BABIES?

Charles & Donna James

We are systematically eliminating a community of human beings from American society. Why do our priests and bishops remain silent about this?

The Classical & Modern Habits of Mind

THE BEE VERSUS THE SPIDER

Mitchell Kalpakgian

The classical mind thrives on the wisdom of the past just as the Bee nourishes itself on the sweetness of the flowers.

The News You May Have Missed

READ ALL ABOUT IT...

Michael S. Rose

Bingo Made Me Do It... Clearing the Pews... Career Change... Abuse 'Not Always Bad'... It's Good for Business... Sin Tax... Signs & Wonders... Soy Boys... Vivat Rex

Fuel Conservation: No War Needed

GUEST COLUMN

Robert J. Kendra

We Americans must embark on drastic measures or the consequence will be more U.S. blood shed and treasure spent for oil in the anti-American Middle East.

You Can Spit on God, But Don't You Dare Affirm Him

GUEST COLUMN

Donna R. LaPlante

The First Amendment never intended, nor does it presently intend, that any mention of God or Jesus Christ in public prayer is cause for men to scurry to court.

Pop History, Cultural Amnesia & the Bad Old Church

James Bemis

At its height, Europe was the Catholic Church's teachings incarnate. Thus, merely secular historians struggle to understand those times.

Briefly: February 2007

Review of Saints Behaving Badly... Rejuvenile: Cartoons, Cupcakes and the Reinvention of the American Grown-Up... The Evolution-Creation Struggle... The Theocons: Secular America Under Siege...