March 1, 2003



Crisis • Vol. 21 • No. 3 • March 2003 •

Features:

Fifteen to Life: 15 Ways to Fix the Criminal Justice System
The American penal system is in shambles. But the situation is not beyond hope. Eve Tushnet offers 15 revolutionary ways to reform the criminal justice system—from a Christian perspective.

Ignoring the Obvious: The Unreality of American Catholicism
Russell Shaw says the cancer in the Church in America is one of “unreality.” In this article, he shows you how unreality has corrupted the Church at every level and what event set this self-deception in motion.


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Civilization and Culture at War
Alice von Hildebrand sounds the alarm, showing what tragedy results when civilization overtakes culture.

Responding to Michael Rose
Brian Saint-Paul takes a close look at Michael Rose’s lengthy response to Crisis’s exposé of his work on the American College of Louvain. Does Rose make his case?

Catholic Opinion by the Numbers Crisis
Recently sponsored a national poll of Catholic positions on everything from Iraq to abortion. Deal W. Hudson gives you the surprising results and tells you what it might mean for the future of the Church in America.


Books - Arts - Culture:

Poem
“Had I Had Had Shakespeare as a Student” by Samuel Maio

Unanimously Wrong
Terry Teachout laughs at Hollywood’s latest liberal screed—and takes a few swings at the French
along the way.

Michael Tippett: A Child of His Time
Robert R. Reilly examines the mixed work of this ambitious British composer.

Through Hell and Back, Again
Robert Royal looks at the newest—and best—translation of Dante’s Inferno.

The Abolition of Man.
Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics

by Leon R. Kass

Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc
by Joseph Pearce

Catholic Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democracy
by Jay P. Corrin

A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues
by André Comte-Sponville

Baudolino
by Umberto Eco
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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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