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Home: Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The Seven Deadlies Revisited, Continued: Sloth - Mary EberstadtWhat could possibly be more unwanted at this particular intense and critical political moment than a thumb-sucking reflection on -- of all things -- the Deadly Sin known as Sloth? Read more... The Seven Deadlies Revisited, Part One: Envy - Mary EberstadtI was sitting in an unfamiliar church somewhere in Connecticut last weekend, watching one of our teenagers fidget throughout the homily. Read more... The Seven Deadlies Revisited: II. Gluttony - Mary EberstadtThis capital vice, in our age of plenty, may be both the most ubiquitous of all the Deadlies, and the one to which many of us wrongly believe ourselves immune. Read more... The Soft Underbelly - Mary KochanWe’ve been hit. Not like on 9/11 when we were sucker-punched in the face. And I don’t even mean to imply that “someone” or “Someone” did this to us. But we have been hit in the soft underbelly of our country. Read more... The Trouble With Islam - Tawfik HamidNot many years ago the brilliant Orientalist, Bernard Lewis, published a short history of the Islamic world's decline, entitled What Went Wrong? Read more... The truth about jihad - Amir TaheriWith the campaign to liberate Iraq victorious, it is, perhaps, time for Muslims to review the improper use, not to say outright abuse, of the term "Jihad." Read more... The Twelve Men - G.K. ChestertonThe other day, while I was meditating on morality and Mr. H. Pitt, I was, so to speak, snatched up and put into a jury box to try people. The snatching took some weeks, but to me it seemed something sudden and arbitrary. I was put into this box because I lived in Battersea, and my name began with a C. Read more... The tyranny of therapism - Christina Hoff Sommers & Sally SatelToday — with a book for every ailment, a counselor for every crisis, a lawsuit for every grievance, and a TV show for every conceivable problem — we are at risk of degrading our native ability to cope with life's challenges. Read more... The Vindication of Humanae Vitae - Mary EberstadtThat Humanae Vitae and related Catholic teachings about sexual morality are laughingstocks in all the best places is not exactly news. Read more... The Virtually Venerable Fulton J. Sheen - Charles F. HarveyArchbishop Sheen notes in his autobiography, Treasure in Clay, that in Gaelic “Fulton” means “war” and “Sheen” means “peace.” It is as though his very name foretold the kind of life he was to have: an uninterrupted warring against the powers of darkness to promote the peace of Christ’s kingdom. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 01-Jan-2009 - 09:52:31
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