Crisis • Vol. 23 • No.3 • March 2005 • www.CrisisMagazine.com Features: The No-Blame Game; Why No-Fault Divorce is Our Most Dangerous Social Experiment Stephen Baskerville says it’s time to end the disastrous policy of no-fault divorce. Toying with Evil: May a Catholic Advocate Torture? Mark P. Shea responds to two recent conservative attempts to justify the use of torture in the interrogation of terrorists. A Village Called Wakefield: When Western Culture was Catholic Anthony Esolen remembers a time when the Faith transformed the world. A Tsumami Cannot be Drawn in Pastels: On Dignity and Suffering Elizabeth Thecla Mauro’s firsthand experience with human suffering exposes the sad errors of the pro-euthanasia movement. Back to the Beginning: A Brief Introduction to the Ancient Catholic Church George Sim Johnston shines a helpful light on the often misunderstood history of the early Church.

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Book Reviews

The Pontiff in Winter: Triumph and Conflict in the Reign of John Paul II 
by John Cornwell

The Reformation: A History 
by Diarmaid MacCulloch

Dark Voyage 
by Alan Furst

Marriage on Trial: The Case Against Same-Sex Marriage and Parenting
by Glenn T. Stanton and Dr. Bill Maier

From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany
by Richard Weikart

Poem

Films

The Sloth Aquatic
Terry Teachout says there's a subtle intelligence beneath the postmodern exterior of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Music

Hearing Voices in the Wilderness
Robert R. Reilly looks at an important new book on neglected musical traditionalists.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

The Editor’s View
Brian Saint-Paul

The Idler
David Warren

Cloud of Witnesses
George W. Rutler

Sense and Nonsense
James V. Schall