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Home: Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGEArticles:A tough generation begins to fall from its perch - Elizabeth NicksonMy oldest friend died last weekend and yesterday, all us old Montrealers trooped down to Victoria’s Anglican cathedral to say goodbye. As Philly's generation begins to fall from its perch, nothing impresses me more about their lives than their leaving of us. Especially since, for the past 30 years, we've been telling them they were wrong about just about everything. Email This Article A Vision of Hope - The Columbia StaffIn his New York Times best selling A Civilization of Love: What Every Catholic Can Do to Transform the World Supreme Knight of Columbus Carl A. Anderson explores the practical things Catholics must do to bring their faith to bear on the challenges of the 21st century. Email This Article A World Split Apart - ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYNThe 1970 Nobel prize winner in literature, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, delivered this address at the Harvard Commencement in 1978. Email This Article After the Tragedy at Columbine High - Archbishop Charles ChaputArchbishop Charles Chaput appeared before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation during a hearing on "Marketing Violence to Children" on May 4, 1999, following the April 20 tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO. His testimony follows. Email This Article Against Eternal Youth - Frederica Mathewes-GreenI’m a fan of old movies, the black-and-whites from the 1930s and 1940s, in part because of what they reveal about how American culture has changed. The adults in these films carry themselves differently. Email This Article All Hallow's Eve - Mary Reed NewlandOne of the nicest surprises of living around the year with the Church is to find that Halloween is part of it. Email This Article Almost Heaven - Peggy NoonanIt's summer, the country's traveling, and the great pleasure to be had from leaving home is meeting and falling in love with a place you've never been to. Email This Article America is Splitting Apart - RABBI DANIEL LAPINTwo powerful ideas are competing for the soul of America and we must not remain oblivious to this, our biggest national problem. We are two nations separated by incompatible moral visions. Email This Article American Losing its Sense of Self - GEORGIE ANNE GEYERWith tiresome regularity, every few months some group comes forward to reiterate that America is losing its history. Email This Article An echoing silence in his wake - Peter KavanaghThe death of Neil Postman this week, at age 72, brings a certain quiet into public discourse. A literate critic, a conscientious objector, a naysayer to unbridled development is silent. As well, a great teacher, a wonderfully clear writer and a very nice and at times self-mocking man is dead. Email This Article Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 14-Jul-2008 - 21:01:35
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