Special Report

The United States’ Youngest Cardinal

May 3, 2011 J. J. Ziegler 0

On June 17, Cardinal Daniel Di- Nardo expressed “grave concern over the FDA’s current process for approving the drug Ulipristal (with the proposed trade name of Ella) for use as an ‘emergency contraceptive.’ Ulipristal is […]

Special Report

A Tale of Two Searches

May 3, 2011 Anne Hendershott 0

Although we are very far from the “best of times” for Catholic higher education, things seemed to be moving away from the worst, at least for a few weeks this spring. Marquette University’s decision to […]

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Editorial

Error Enjoys All the Rights

May 3, 2011 George Neumayr 0

Tariq Ramadan, a Muslim professor with ties to terrorist activity whose visa was revoked in 2004, returned to American campuses this spring after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lifted his travel ban. Liberal intellectuals […]

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Essay

The New Gnosticism

May 2, 2011 Benjamin Wiker 5

One of the oldest heresies besetting the Church is Gnosticism. We can say “is” rather than “was” because the temptation to entirely spiritualize Christianity and demonize the material world never really goes away. In fact, […]

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News

The Freedom Party of Austria

May 2, 2011 Michael J. Miller 0

The right-wing Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) won a startling 25.8 percent of the votes in the October 10 City Council election in Vienna, which is also a state in the federal republic. Theoretically, this […]

Special Report

The Coming Realignment

May 2, 2011 Sean Higgins 0

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, thinks she may have witnessed the exact moment the tipping point was reached in the congressional fight over health care and abortion. She was in Michigan […]

Analysis

Outside the Magic Circle

May 2, 2011 Dominic Scarborough 0

The Holy Father’s September visit to the United Kingdom was widely regarded as a great success, both as a tonic to British lay Catholics and as a wake up call to the country’s secular society. […]