Crisis • Vol. 23 • No.1 • January 2005 • www.CrisisMagazine.com Features: Technologies of Evil: Eight Questions about The Stem-Cell Debate Todd M. Aglialoro explains the controversy without descending into scientific jargon. The perfect introduction to the issue. What the Election Revealed Russell Shaw says that the 2004 election said much about the state of the Church in America.and its future. A City Divided: How Israel’s Wall is Splitting The Holy Land Deal W. Hudson travels to Israel to see how the new security wall is affecting the region’s Christians. Biting the Bullet: Military Conscription and the Price of Citizenship Francis X. Maier supports a return of the draft.though not for the reasons you might think. Class Clowns: Catholic Colleges and the Political Left Patrick J. Reilly looks at liberal activism on Catholic campuses.

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Book Reviews

I Am Charlotte Simmons 
by Tom Wolfe

Snow
by Orhan Pamuk

Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich 
by Joachim Fest, translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo

The Wormwood File: E-Mail From Hell 
by Jim Forest

Life After Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion
by Alan F. Segal

Poem

"The Road”
by Dana Gioia

"The Skater”
by Robert Richman

Films

Really Real People
Terry Teachout gets what he asked for: an intelligent, feature-length cartoon for adults.

Music

A Bridge Too Far?
Robert R. Reilly listens to Frank Bridge, a composer who defies

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

The Editor’s View
Brian Saint-Paul

The Idler
David Warren

Guest Column
Rev. Shane Tharp

Cloud of Witnesses
George W. Rutler

Sense and Nonsense
James V. Schall

Ashes to Ashes
Tom Howard