October 1, 2003




Crisis • Vol. 21 • No. 8 • September 2003 •
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Features:

How the UN Is Exploiting the Population Issue
The threat of a global population explosion is dead, and the United Nations admits it. But, as Ellen Lukas explains, this hasn’t stopped it from using the issue to promote its antifamily policies.

Dismantling The Da Vinci Code
Code It’s one of the most virulently anti-Catholic novels to be written in years, and it’s gaining influence among those unschooled in the history it claims to present. Sandra Miesel cuts through the pseudo-scholarship and refutes the charges, point by point.

The Eucharist, the Pope, and the Anglican Dog
Russell Shaw looks at the decline in eucharistic faith and what the pope is doing to reverse the trend.

The Empire of Emptiness
Planned Parenthood is an enormous nonprofit organization with a budget that continues to grow. Where does it get its money? Chuck Donovan found out.

Conservative Heavyweight: The Remarkable Mind of Robert P. George
Anne Morse looks at one of the country’s most influential defenders of the natural law.




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Books - Arts - Culture:

Poem
“Piano Practice” by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Alice Park

The Life You Save May Be Your Own
by Paul Elie

Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763
by Henry Kamen

The Discovery of God: Abraham and the Birth of Monotheism
by David Klinghoffer

The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
by Jonathan Sacks

Discovering Aquinas: An Introduction to His Life, Work, and Influence
by Aidan Nichols, O.P.

The Old Urbanism
Robert Royal shows what one New Urbanist has learned from old Italian cities.

Sequel-Free Zone
Terry Teachout looks at Finding Nemo, a movie that made him laugh, but not much else.

Desert Island Discs
Robert R. Reilly tells you what sustained him on his own desert island.


Departments:

Letters


C
olumns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

Guest Column
Robert R. Reilly

From the Hill
Rick Santorum

These Parables
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny

 

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