an annotated bibiliography of articles in the non-religious press
that testify to the truth of the Catholic Christian faith
Bennett, William J. "Quantifying America's Decline" Wall
Street Journal, March 15, 1993 Pope John Paul II declared Time's Man of the Year 1994
Time, December 26, 1994/January 2, 1995, pp.53-68,72-3.
A Brief Review of the Pope's many activities Johnston, George Sim,
"Pope Culture", The American Spectator, July 1995, pp. 26-9.
progress toward an agreement on justification between Lutherans and
Catholics Brunelli, Lucio. "Augustine and Christian Unity," 30Days,
no. 12 1994, pp. 21-4.
Meyer, Harding. "Just a Point of Departure," 30Days, no. 12
1994, p. 25.
Brain studies point to differences between the sexes.
NYT, February 28, 1995, pp. C1, C7
Shaywitz, et al. "Sex differences in the functional organization of
the brain for language," Nature, February 16, 1995, pp. 607-9.
Rugg, Michael, "La difference vive," Nature, February 16, 1995, pp. 561-2.
Angier, Natalie, "Sexual Identity Not Pliable After All, Report
Says", New York Times, March 14, 1997, pp. A1,A18.
"Induced Abortion and Breast Cancer: More Scientific Data Are Needed".
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, November 2, 1994, pp.
1569-70.
"Risk of Breast Cancer Among Young Women: Relationship to Induced
Abortion," Journal of the National Cancer Institute, November 2, 1994,
pp.1584-92.
R. E. J. Ryder, ``Natural Family Planning: Effective Birth Control
Supported by the Catholic Church,'' British Medical
Journal, vol. 307, 18 September 1993
Cohen, Joel E. ``Ten Myths of Population'' Discover April 1996, pp. 42-47.
Kristof, Nicholas. ``Why No One in Japan Is Down on the Farm''
New York Times October 13, 1996, p. E3
Tierney, John. ``The Optimists Are Right'' New York Times
Magazine September 29, 1996, pp. 91 ff.
Tierney, John. ``Let Our Children Go'' New York Times
Magazine October 6, 1996, pp. 91 ff.
The Economist, Dec 23, 1995-Jan 5, 1996 issue, pp. 63-67.
Bradsher, Keith. ``Kevorkian Is Also Painter. His Main Theme Is Death.'' March 17, 1997, NY Times, p. A10.
Catherine Orenstein. Letter to the NY Times questioning
``reproductive technology'', March 5, 1998
Steinfels, Peter. March 7, 1998 "Beliefs" column, on the how
doctor-assisted suicide for the poor and challenges government
neutrality on euthanasia. NY Times, p. A7.
Angier, Natalie. ``Evolutionary Necessity Or Glorious Accident?
Biologists Ponder the Self'' April 22, 1997 NY Times, pp. C1,9.
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Cultural Values
'Index of Leading Cultural Indicators'--Statistics on the
decline of America in the last thirty years
The Pope
Ecumenism
Inherent Sex Differences
Abortion
"Conclusion: Our data support the hypothesis that an induced
abortion can adversely influence a woman's subsequent risk of breast
cancer...."
Natural Family Planning vs. Artificial Contraception
The effectiveness of NFP.
Population and Resources
Japan has plenty of land; the nation's people just insist on crowding into
the cities
Resources are being used better now! Recounts Julian Simon's
famous wager with Paul Ehrlich.
School Choice
Some say that public schools are good enough but send their own
children to private schools.
The Crusades
Life
The article makes clear that Kevorkian has a sick obsession with death.
The Self and Relationality
A great article that points up one key distinction between humans
and animals, and the fact that relationality is an integral part of
the human psyche.
©The Augustine Club at Columbia University, 1996
augustine@columbia.edu
Last update: June 12, 1998