June 9, 2003



Crisis • Vol. 21 • No. 6 • June 2003 •
www.CrisisMagazine.com

Features:

Ungodly Ways: The Dark Side of the European Union
The EU is the single best hope in reviving the plummeting European economy. Unfortunately, it may do so at the expense of Catholicism. Mary Jo Anderson looks at why the EU has become the Church's greatest enemy in Europe.

Against the Grain: 24 Hours in the Life of Serrin Foster
They've stood in front of hostile crowds, been shouted down at universities, and faced the biggest names in radical feminism. Tom Hoopes takes you inside Feminists for Life.

Reporting From the Trenches: The New Catholic Media
The New Catholic Media Thanks to the Internet, anyone can become a pundit. Mark Shea looks at the opportunity this creates for Catholics who want their voices heard.

Closing the Marriage Gap
Wade Horn says that the government can help Americans strengthen-and even save-their marriages. And he has the data to prove it.



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The Artists' Way and the Way of the Cross
Maria Stella Ceplecha looks at this beloved devotion through classic works of art.

Books - Arts - Culture:

Poem
"Ballad of the Hanged" by François Villon

Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World
by Jean Bethke Elshtain

Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
by Anthony Swofford

Professing in the Postmodern Academy: Faculty and the Future of Church-Related Colleges edited by Stephen R. Haynes

Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing
by Ian Buruma

Selected Poems
by Denise Levertov

Trapped in Eden
Terry Teachout says there's nothing so funny as the comedy of the ordinary.

Gothic Grandeur: The Triumph of Havergal Brian
Martin Anderson remembers the forgotten majesty of a working-class conductor.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

These Parables
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny

Seeing Things
Robert Royal

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