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Is America Under Divine Interdict?

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

John Paul II wrote of political superpowers that all-consuming pursuit of profit and power are “forms of modern imperialism” and “real forms of idolatry.”

Neocon Hubris & the Battle for Ukraine

EVER THE WARMONGERS

Pieter Vree

Pat Buchanan warned in 1999 about expanding NATO to include Ukraine: “By moving NATO onto Russia’s front porch, we have scheduled a 21st-century confrontation.”

Judeo-Christian Westernism: An Impossible Triangulation

Jason M. Morgan

The conceit of the Enlightenment was that we could have the good of Christendom without the Church. “Judeo-Christian Westernism” assumes this.

The Final Third

EDITORIAL

Pieter Vree

Publications like The Weekly Standard, Redbook, and Glamour failed despite investments from deep-pocketed sources. The NOR strives to do more with less.

Will Modernity Mean the End of Catholicism?

THE "MOMENT" THAT NEVER AROSE

James V. Schall

The Church is now seen in the eyes of the modern world as a major impediment to the ascendancy of a culture completely based on human rights.

Delusions of Grandeur

Former senator Rick Santorum has abandoned the culture war in order to join forces with the neocons calling for war on Iran.

Not Dead Yet

Neocons appear to have suffered a full-fledged rout in the November, 2006 elections. But they've faced the political wilderness before and survived.

What Happened to Rick Santorum?

In an effort to attract moderates, the Pennsylvania senator capitulated on every key point dear to conservatives -- and was voted out of office.

The Theocons

Is "theoconservativism" the revolutionary religious idea that is transforming the political and cultural landscape of our time?

A Pox On Both Your Houses

Why does neocon George Weigel defend Condi Rice, a pro-war and pro-abortion member of the Bush administration?

"Relevant Public Authorities"?

Authority is exercised legitimately only when it employs morally licit means to attain it.

What Happened to Bill Donohue?

The Catholic League leader has been defending some unlikely characters, including Fr. Maciel and Archbishop Weakland.

"Don't Go After the Good Guys"

The trouble is that many modcons and neocons refuse to speak up, and sometimes even run interference for the liberals.

Rhetorical Witchcraft

Dale Vree

Bush called America "the hope of all mankind" and "the light" that "shines in the darkness," in a clear allusion to John 1:4-5. The remark is very close to blasphemy.

What Is a Neoconservative? -- & Does It Matter?

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

Neocons push an American Empire built by tearing down the old order and traditions and exporting the "democratic revolution."

Your Voice of Orthodox Catholicism, Without Any Strings Attached

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

Now They Tell You!

Will prolife voters once again be snookered by a Republican president (as they were by Reagan and Bush Sr.)?

George "Humpty Dumpty" Weigel

"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean…."

Can You Be Two-Thirds Free & One-Third Slave?

Let us be clear about what we Catholics have voluntarily given up.

A Morally Squalid Man Besotted With Ideology?

Honest-to-goodness Communists are not all alike.

A Lecture on Treating Prelates "Respectfully"

ALL's Judie Brown urges bishops to 'respectfully' deny Communion to those whose presence 'defiles the Mass and the Body of Christ.'

The Neoconservative Catholics' Dramatic Change of Direction

AMERICA: NOT SO GREAT AFTER ALL

John F. Quinn

Should Catholics Canonize Ebenezer Scrooge?

"I WAS HUNGRY & YOU SENT ME TO A HAIRSTYLIST"

Francis J. Manion

Born in the U.S.A.

EDITORIAL

Let us not love America inordinately or unrealistically. It is enough to be Americans without also being vainglorious Americanists.

Neither Trotskyism nor Neoconservatism

James J. Thompson Jr.

Review of American Writers and Radical Politics, 1900-39 by Eric Homberger, The Intellectual Follies by Lionel Abel, Out of Step by Sidney Hook, Will Herberg by Harry J. Ausmus, and The New York Intellectuals by Alan M. Wald

Did Novak Intimidate the Bishops?

CHRIST & NEIGHBOR

John C. Cort

The New Right & the Pro-life Movement: How Solid is the Marriage?

ON THE RIGHT WING’S “SEAMLESS GARMENT”

Stephen Settle

March for Life organizer Nellie Gray had little patience with those who would solicit pro-life support simply to boost the bomb, bolster corporate profits, or get fluoride out of the water.

On the Bishops’ Draft Pastoral on the Economy & the Hostile Reactions to It

THE CENTRAL ISSUE IS MORALITY

Kenneth D. Whitehead

Conservatives' slogan “Mater, si! Magistra, no!” can on­ly mean that papal teachings don't count for much compared to their superior wisdom.

Hankering for a Civil Religion

Richard V. Pierard

Neuhaus’s plea for the restoration of religious values in the public sphere and for the believing community to act there on the basis of its beliefs is proper and necessary.

Diagnosing America’s Troubled Ethos & Culture

Dale Vree

The social basis of our culture is bureaucratic consumer capitalism centered on the autonomous individual and generally hostile to older ideas of moral order.

Selling Neoconservatism

Arthur F. McGovern

Kristol argues that American democracy was born as a capitalist democracy and that the destiny of democra­cy is closely intertwined with that of capitalism.

“Americanist” Permissivism

Juli Loesch

In principle, swatting down missiles before they explode and hurt somebody is morally permissible, even obligatory, if it can be done without violating moral norms.

Michael Novak’s Neoliberal Catholicism

LETTER FROM ENGLAND

Christopher Derrick

His split-mindedness is present at every point, recognized in his clear distinction be­tween “the faith of Catholics” and “my faith.”