Manifest Evidence

an annotated bibiliography of articles in the non-religious press that testify to the truth of the Catholic Christian faith

Cultural Values

Bennett, William J. "Quantifying America's Decline" Wall Street Journal, March 15, 1993
'Index of Leading Cultural Indicators'--Statistics on the decline of America in the last thirty years

The Pope

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.

Ecumenism

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.

Inherent Sex Differences

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.

Abortion

"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.

"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

R. E. J. Ryder, ``Natural Family Planning: Effective Birth Control Supported by the Catholic Church,'' British Medical Journal, vol. 307, 18 September 1993
The effectiveness of NFP.

Population and Resources

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
Japan has plenty of land; the nation's people just insist on crowding into the cities

Tierney, John. ``The Optimists Are Right'' New York Times Magazine September 29, 1996, pp. 91 ff.
Resources are being used better now! Recounts Julian Simon's famous wager with Paul Ehrlich.

School Choice

Tierney, John. ``Let Our Children Go'' New York Times Magazine October 6, 1996, pp. 91 ff.
Some say that public schools are good enough but send their own children to private schools.

The Crusades

The Economist, Dec 23, 1995-Jan 5, 1996 issue, pp. 63-67.

Life

Bradsher, Keith. ``Kevorkian Is Also Painter. His Main Theme Is Death.'' March 17, 1997, NY Times, p. A10.
The article makes clear that Kevorkian has a sick obsession with death.

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.

The Self and Relationality

Angier, Natalie. ``Evolutionary Necessity Or Glorious Accident? Biologists Ponder the Self'' April 22, 1997 NY Times, pp. C1,9.
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.

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