May 9, 2006


Crisis . Vol. 24 . No. 3 . April 2006 .
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Features:

Pulling the Plug: Five Strategies for Talking to Democrats About Euthanasia 
Eric Pavlat offers sound tips for making the pro-life case to the political Left.

Facing down the New Paradigm: The Family Planning Agenda of the United Nations' 'Millennial Goals'
The Most Reverend John C. Nienstedt says the noble-sounding Millennial Goals may be a Trojan Horse for abortion proponents.

Kneeling before the Gates of Paradise
Anthony Esolen argues that the removal of communion rails says a lot about the Church in America.

An Evening with Darwin in New York  
George Sim Johnston looks at the well-publicized Darwin exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History.

Penelope Fitzgerald and the Claims of Faith
Edward Short examines the very Catholic works of an Anglican novelist.



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Books - Arts - Culture:

God’s Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church
by George Weigel

Our Sacred Signs: How Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Art Draw from the Same Source
by Ori Z. Soltes

The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success by Rodney Stark

‘A Country I Do Not Recognize’: The Legal Assault on American Values edited
by Robert H. Bork

The Rosary
by Garry Wills

Poem

Singing the Children to Sleep
by Chelsea Rathburn

Films

Forbidden Games and the Criterion Collection
William Baer rediscovers a 1952 film banned from the Cannes Film Festival.

Music

Reilly auf Naxos
Robert R. Reilly gives three cheers for the Naxos classical label.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

The Editor's View
Brian Saint-Paul

The Idler
David Warren

The Catholic Enquirer
Maureen Martin

Guest Column
Russell Shaw

Cloud of Witnesses
George W. Rutler

Sense and Nonsense
James V. Schall

Ashes to Ashes
Tom Howard

 

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