Letters to the Editor: April 2018

Fear Not the Peddlers of Error... Dreams of Robot Love... A Tough Transition... Bull's Eye... The Comeback Is Here... Trump & Abortion: Guarded Optimism... Arguable Assertions... I Have Not Been "Played"... A Way Forward... A Jurist for All Seasons... Desiring the Death of Those They Should Love... and more

The News You May Have Missed

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The Helpful Hacker... Beauteous Army... Don't Be Mine... Face Masks of the Future... Kiddie Couture... The German Sandal War... Attached to My Attaché Case... Quelling the Rebel Yell... Manson's Murderabilia... Inclusivity's Inherent Exclusivity... Farewell to Sofia's Favorite Father... and more

New Oxford Notes: April 2018

Zen & the Artifice of Vatican Diplomacy... They're Coming for Our Children

The Confessional Seal & the Sealed Tape

WHEN A SACRAMENT WAS MANIPULATED FOR POLITICAL GAIN

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

Between 1970 and 2004, courts found 2,000 prosecutors guilty of misconduct, yet only two of them were disbarred.

American Libidocracy

OUR NATIONAL EXPERIMENT IN POLITICAL SCHIZOPHRENIA

John Lyon

When faith is restricted to "personal" matters, it becomes socially retrograde and politically irrelevant, the possession of civil idiots.

Cardinal Cupich's Uncertain Trumpet

A PRINCE'S PUZZLING PREVARICATIONS

John A. Perricone

Revolution is an overturning of the present order; it is dreadful in any society. But it is impossible in the perfect society of the Holy Catholic Church.

The Family: The Center of Civilization

ON GENERATION X'S WANDERLUST

Mitchell Kalpakgian

The family preserves and perpetuates those manners, morals, and ideals that are true yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

The Origins of the French "Jihad of Proximity"

David Pinault

Embracing Islam is a fast way to go from the plain-vanilla dullness of "white privilege" to the thrilling and coveted status of aggrieved and irascible victim.

A First Step in the Recovery of a Catholic Vision of Reality

Thomas Storck

The old Mass cannot be revived successfully in isolation or simply as a juridical mandate or even a catechetical tool.

Briefly: April 2018

The Cardinal Müller Report: An Exclusive Interview on the State of the Church... Humility Rules: Saint Benedict's 12-Step Guide to Genuine Self-Esteem