Publications

National Security

James Bowman

Like Barbershop, National Security, directed by Dennis Dugan, is worth seeing if only because of the insight it provides for…

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"Media Bias" Revisited

James Bowman

Well, it was enough to make a cat laugh, as Mark Twain says. Normally, I don’t like to write about…

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Roe v. Wade at 30

George Weigel

Eighteen years ago, when all-purpose leftist Barbara Ehrenreich announced in the New York Times that her “one regret” about her…

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Syndicated Column / January 15, 2003

The Essential CIA

Ernest W. Lefever

Since Sept. 11, Americans have grown more aware of the Central Intelligence Agency’s singular contribution to our war against terrorism….

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The peace that is possible

George Weigel

Pope John Paul II’s message for the January 1 “World Day of Peace” gives everyone a chance to think carefully…

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Syndicated Column / January 8, 2003

Nicholas Nickleby

James Bowman

Douglas McGrath’s new film adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby begins with the opening credits over shots of a Victorian doll house…

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Nebuchadnezzar Shows the Way

Ernest W. Lefever

The clock is ticking for Iraq and North Korea. These two outlaw regimes brutalize their own people and threaten the…

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The Los Angeles Times / January 6, 2003

…The Second Time as Farce

James Bowman

Not long ago, I came across a notice in Publishers Weekly of a new book from New York University Press:…

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Crisis / January 1, 2003

More than a fish story

George Weigel

I may have used this story before, but if so, it’s good enough to repeat. Father Raymond E. Brown, S.S.,…

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Syndicated Column / January 1, 2003

Max

James Bowman

Menno Mayjes’s Max begins with a printed notice to the effect that “in the summer of 1917 the imperial German…

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Chicago

James Bowman

There are many different ways for traditionalists in the arts to identify themselves, but one that occurs to me after…

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Love Liza

James Bowman

When you hear someone say, “I can’t take it anymore,” what do you suppose he means? For most of us…

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