From First Principles, a symposium on contemporary conservatism (and part 2 and part 3). From New English Review, Theodore Dalrymple on Beauty and the Best; Nidra Poller on how peace is war by other means; and an essay on Jihad and the roots of Europe’s religious identity. An interview with Fr. James V. Schall on the openness of the Christian mind. An interview with Rev. Richard P. McBrien on life as a theologian, commentator — and lightning rod. An article on how to solve the Greek dispute over Macedonia's name. The Phosphorescent List: A modest invective against telling people what you want for Christmas. Sierra Leone and life on 70 cents a day: From a cradle of liberty to one of the poorest places on earth. An article on Panama's Darien Gap: The most dangerous (absence of a) road. The economic downturn is routinely billed as the most perilous since the Great Depression; what exactly does that mean? From The Economist, a special report on the sea, including a sea of troubles: Man is assaulting the oceans; they will smite him if he does not take care. A review of The Peculiar Life of Sundays by Stephen Miller. Why Obama really might decriminalize marijuana: The stoner community is clamoring to say it: "Yes we cannabis!" From The New York Times Magazine, a special issue on The Lives They Lived. Where aren't they now? 15 overlooked deaths of 2008.
