Publications

Deflating Grade Inflation

Stanley Kurtz

Is there anything the general public can do about the politically correct academy? In a word, yes. It’s easy to…

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National Review Online / September 27, 2006

More on Edsall

Stanley Kurtz

Jonah, yesterday you called for comments on this TNR piece by Thomas Edsall adapted from his new book, Building Red…

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National Review Online / September 20, 2006

The Politics of Apology

Stanley Kurtz

Let’s look back at a recent episode in the politics of apology.  Democratic Iran expert Kenneth Pollack tells the story…

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National Review Online / September 18, 2006

Egg Tax

George Weigel

If you think there’s no such thing as a slippery slope, have a look at this chilling piece by William…

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National Review Online / September 18, 2006

The Pope and Islam

George Weigel

Over the 18 years I have known Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, I’ve formed some distinct impressions of the…

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USA Today / September 24, 2006

Happy 20th Anniversary, Justice Scalia!

Edward Whelan

Twenty years ago today, President Ronald Reagan executed the presidential commission appointing Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court. Twenty years…

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National Review Online / September 25, 2006

Past the Political, to the Healing and Rebuilding

James Bowman

As David L. Cunningham and Cyrus Nowrasteh have found with their ABC miniseries, The Path to 9/11, treating the war…

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The New York Sun / September 11, 2006

Religion and Dialogue

George Weigel

GWEN IFILL: A Vatican spokesman said today the pope’s visit to Turkey at the end of November will go forward…

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Newshour with Jim Leher / September 18, 2006

The Pope Was Right

George Weigel

In a brilliant lecture at the University of Regensburg last week, Pope Benedict XVI made three crucial points that are now…

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The Los Angeles Times / September 20, 2006

9/11, Five Years Later

George Weigel

Five years ago, confronted by the rubble in lower Manhattan, the smoldering wreckage at the Pentagon, and the debris of…

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Syndicated Column / September 13, 2006

Zinedine Zidane vs. Jackie Robinson

George Weigel

Having a decided preference for sports which recognize that God gave us opposable thumbs for a reason, I tried to…

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Syndicated Column / September 6, 2006

The Blessings of Charity

George Weigel

Americans are the most generous people in the world, freely giving hundreds of billions of dollars each year to an…

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Philanthropy Magazine / March 1, 2006