November 08 , 2005


Crisis • Vol. 23 • No. 9 • October 2005 •
www.CrisisMagazine.com


Features:

Implosion: The Collapse of the United Nations
Mary Jo Anderson looks at the controversial policies and growing scandals at the United Nations. Can the international organization be saved? And should we even try?

That's all, Folks!
Terry Teachout bids farewell with a look back at his seven years with crisis .

Back to the Roots: The Founders and the Separation of Church and State
John Rossomando explodes the popular secularist claim that the Founding Fathers wanted religion—and especially Christianity—removed from the public square.

How to Talk to Democrats About Abortion: Five Strategies for Making the Pro-Life Case
Eric Pavlat
says that you can change the mind of a pro-abortion Democrat…if you use the right approach.

The Big Problem
James V. Schall, S.J., looks at truth, authority, and the question at the root of it all.

Unexplained Laughter: The Life and Work of Alice Thomas Ellis
Marian E. Crowe
takes a fond look at the late Catholic author and commentator.

 




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Books - Arts - Culture:

The Myth of Hitler's Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis
by Rabbi David G. Dalin

Søren Kierkegaard: A Biography 
by Joakim Garff

How the Republicans Stole Christmas
by Bill Press

The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy
by Thomas E. Woods Jr.

Right Turns: Unconventional Lessons from a Controversial Life
by Michael Medved

Poem

“The “A Young Girl's Solace”
by by Amy Helfrich

Films

On Their Own
Terry Teachout
looks at a brilliant independent film that isn't for everyone

Music

Fall Potpourri
Robert R. Reilly offers a sweeping survey of current releases.


Departments:

Letters

Columns:

The Editor's View
Brian Saint-Paul

The Idler
David Warren

Guest Column
Mark P. Shea

Cloud of Witnesses
George W. Rutler

Sense and Nonsense
James V. Schall

Ashes to Ashes
Tom Howard


 

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