October 2, 2002



Crisis Vol. 20 No. 9 - October 2002

Features:

How the Media Twist the News
Sheila Gribben Liaugminas, a 20-year veteran of a major national news magazine, tells you how to look out for media bias.

The Hook: A Week in the Life of a Catholic Preacher
Robert Griffin follows a renowned homilist for a week and shows how a homily goes from conception to delivery.


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An American Tragedy
F.H. Buckley takes another look at Stagecoach and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, films that trace John Ford's development from conditional optimism to undespairing pessimism.

Catholic Legal Education: The Inside Story

John J. Fitzgerald examines the current crop of Catholic law schools and asks, what makes them Catholic?

Praying the Rosary through Art: The Glorious Mysteries
Maria Stella Ceplecha concludes her series on classic works of art that portray the holy mysteries of the rosary.

Books - Arts - Culture:

Poem
Contract Murder by Joseph S. Salemi

Why I Am a Catholic
by Garry Wills

The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village
by Eamon Duffy

The Fall of Light
by Niall Williams

Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin
by Tracy Lee Simmons

Creative Fidelity
by Gabriel Marcel

First Comes Love: Finding Your Family in the Church and the Trinity
by Scott Hahn

The Red and the Blue
Terry Teachout says that Signs is better as a cultural litmus test than as a film.

15 Years of Naxos_
Robert R. Reilly celebrates the anniversary of classical music's most successful budget label.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

Guest Column
John M. Grondelski

These Parables
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny

Seeing Things
Robert Royal

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