Politics

Prop 8 & the Rule of Facts

How Not to Settle the Gay Marriage Question

Robert K. Vischer

How not to settle the gay-marriage question

Religion

The Unwanted

EXTENDING THE ARGUMENT AGAINST SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION

Jo McGowan

Extending the argument against sex-selective abortion

Religion

Intellectual Street Fighter

Gilbert Meilaender’s Ethics of the Everyday

Paul Lauritzen

A profile of the ethicist Gilbert Meilaender

Religion

Bad Timing

THINGS LEFT UNSAID IN THE YEAR OF THE PRIEST

Fr. Nonomen

No, this “Year of the Priest” has not been the best for priests or for any Catholics. Just when some of us thought we might be turning the corner, moving on, re-establishing some level of trust, it turns out the wounds are far deeper and much more widespread than we thought.

Religion

Good Gift, Bad Rule

THE USES & ABUSES OF CELIBACY

John Garvey

Religion

A Bricklayer’s Son

Stanley Hauerwas & the Christian Difference

Peter Steinfels

Stanley Hauerwas & the Christian Difference

Religion

A Darkening

WHY A CHURCH SCANDAL DOES MORE HARM THAN THE NEW ATHEISM

Cathleen Kaveny

Culture

Whatever Works

Woody Allen’s world

Robert E. Lauder

An interview with filmmaker Woody Allen

Religion

Sins of Admission

Why Wouldn’t Gay Parents Pick a Catholic School?

Anonymous

A gay parent on choosing Catholic school for her kids

Religion

Benedict in the Dock

The Editors

Much of Pope Benedict's good work in addressing the sexual-abuse crisis is now likely to be brushed aside as the history of his own negligence in handling an abusive priest when he was archbishop of Munich thirty years ago comes to light.