Publications

Outside Providence

James Bowman

Outside Providence, adapted from his own novel by Peter Farelly, with his brother, Bobby, and directed by Michael Corrente, is…

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Sixth Sense, The

James Bowman

As a rule, I think I have as good an eye for “gaggingly mawkish supernatural kitsch” as the next critic,…

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Tale of Autumn (Conte d’Automne)

James Bowman

There are two perfect, transcendent moments in the Tale of Autumn, or Conte d’Automne, which is the fourth and perhaps…

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Teaching Mrs. Tingle

James Bowman

It used to be almost a cliché: the toughest teacher you had in high school was always the one you…

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Thirteenth Warrior, The

James Bowman

The 13th Warrior, directed by John McTiernan, is a Hollywoodification of Michael Crichton’s attempt to re- imagine Beowulf in his…

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Thomas Crown Affair, The

James Bowman

The Thomas Crown Affair, a remake by John McTiernan of the classic of 1968 which starred Steve McQueen, is what…

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The Answer to Three Puzzles

John D. Mueller

Liberal Democrats, Congressional Republicans, and Alan Greenspan often disagree with one another. But they have one thing in common; all…

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The Desecularization of the World

George Weigel

For two centuries theorists of "secularization" have been saying that religion must inevitably decline in the modern world. But much of the world today is as religious as ever. This volume challenges the belief that the modern world is increasingly secular; showing that while modernization does have secularizing effects, it also provokes a reaction that more often strengthens religion. Seven expert social observers examine several geopolitical regions and several religions–Catholic and Protestant Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam–and explore the resurgence of religion in world affairs.

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Syndicated Column / July 16, 1999

Recovering Moral Order

Michael Cromartie

Fukuyama’s new book, just published by the Free Press, is The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social…

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Books & Culture / July 1, 1999

The Sturdy Child of Terror

Ernest W. Lefever

To the Editor: In May 1998, the United States and over a hundred other governments castigated India and Pakistan for…

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Foreign Affairs / July 1, 1999

American Pie

James Bowman

Let’s stipulate that teenage sexual energy and the sorts of things it drives the young’uns to get up to are…

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Dîner de Cons, Le (The Dinner Game)

James Bowman

The Dinner Game, as the untranslatable Dîner de Cons is awkwardly but decorously rendered, is an uproarious French farce by…

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