Publications

Reclaiming America’s Cathedral

George Weigel

St. Patrick’s is, arguably, the most famous Catholic cathedral in the United States. The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis is,…

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Syndicated Column / March 1, 2006

Can America Export Democracy?

Ernest W. Lefever

President Bush in his State of the Union address said: “Our nation is committed to an historic, long-term goal: We…

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The Washington Times / March 12, 2006

Cartoons and the Clash of Civilizations

George Weigel

Harvard professor Samuel Huntington’s “class of civilizations” hypothesis — a provocative preview of a twenty-first century in which religiously shaped cultural…

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Syndicated Column / February 22, 2006

The Oscars: Hollywood Crashes and Yearns

James Bowman

Did Hollywood wimp out by not giving the Best Picture Oscar to Brokeback Mountain? Were the electors of the Motion…

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The American Spectator / March 7, 2006

The Neutering of the American Male

James Bowman

Manliness (Yale University Press, 304 pages, $27.50) President Larry Summers of Harvard, the university where Harvey Mansfield teaches, has recently…

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The New York Sun / March 6, 2006

The Economics of Loving Your Neighbor

John D. Mueller

[NOTE: The graphs and charts from Mr. Mueller’s presentation are available in PowerPoint and PDF formats by clicking here.] Princeton…

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Put Religious Freedom on Agenda in Pakistan

Michael Cromartie

The government of Gen. Pervez Musharraf has been a key player in the Bush administration’s efforts against al-Qaeda and Taliban…

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The Philadelphia Inquirer / March 3, 2006

Bioethics Policy Guide

Eric Cohen

Every so often, when some new scientific paper is published or new experiment revealed, the press pronounces the creation of…

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Bioethics Policy Guide

Eric Cohen

The English chemist John Dalton first proposed the scientific theory of the atom two hundred years ago. Since then we…

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Bioethics Policy Guide

Eric Cohen

“Orphan” is one of those words that seems old-fashioned to modern ears — a word that evokes abject poverty in…

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Bioethics Policy Guide

Eric Cohen

With a subject as large and as profound as modern genetics, we face a major question from the start about…

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The Alito Apologies

George Weigel

With Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., safely and, I trust, happily, seated on the United States Supreme Court, apologies are…

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Syndicated Column / February 15, 2006