Letter to the Editor: November 2016

Allah's Hunger for Human Flesh... Picking Nits... The Default Male Position... A Splendid Example... The Wrong Pope... Rational Self-Interest vs. Group-Centered Morality... Rights Talk: Prioritizing the Person... Birthplace of the Dodge... No Idle Pipe Dream... and more

The News You May Have Missed

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White Blight... Ee-I-Ee-I-Yoga... Nothing New Under the Bun... Declaration of Amnesty... The Unfriendly Skies... Furry Eternity... Apple's Brand New Bag... Golden Throne Room... And Throw Away the Keys, Please... Don't Answer the Phone... Pudding Time... and more

New Oxford Notes: November 2016

Big Brother North of the Border... Return of an Imaginary Menace

The Feast of the Presentation in the Temple

WHAT DO WE KNOW & HOW DO WE KNOW IT ?

Hurd Baruch

This feast's celebration can be traced to at least the seventh century in Constantinople and the ninth century in the West. But the underlying tradition is much older.

Are We Living in Georges Bernanos's Utilitarian Nightmare?

MECHANIZATION AS TOTALITARIANIZATION

John Lyon

His vision suggests that free men are those who resist machinery, overcome or subvert propaganda, believe in God, and act responsibly toward both past and present.

A Year of Magical Thinking

FAITH IN THE DENIAL OF REALITY

Timothy D. Lusch

The chief rabbi of Poland said that while "there's not a silence" about the persecution of Christians around the world, "there is not enough yelling and screaming."

Are You Sleeping?

GUEST COLUMN

David C. Stolinsky

Apathy and passivity are not the characteristics of civilized people. They are marks of submissive people who invite an authoritarian regime to control their lives.

Briefly: November 2016

The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World's Most Notorious Atheist