The Major Political Event Of The Twentieth

Young People, Especially, Are Looking For Religion So Desperately That They Are Inventing New Ones. They Should Not Have To Invent New Ones; The Old Religions Are Pretty Good.

Anyone Who Knows Anything About Journalism Knows That Reporters Are Rarely In A Position To Investigate Anything. They Lack The Authority To Subpoena Witnesses, To Cross-examine, To Scrutinize Official Records. They Are Lucky To Get Their Phone Calls Returned.

...what Is At Stake Is Civilization And Humanity, Nothing Less. The Idea That Everything Is Permitted, As Nietzsche Put It, Rests On The Premise Of Nihilism And Has Nihilistic Implications. I Will Not Pretend That The Case Against Nihilism And For Civilization Is An Easy One To Make. We Are Here Confronting The Most Fundamental Of Philosophical Questions, On The Deepest Levels. In Short, The Matter Of Pornography And Obscenity Is Not A Trivial One, And Only Superficial Minds Can Take A Bland And Untroubled View Of It.

The Danger Facing American Jews Today Is Not That Christians Want To Persecute Them But That Christians Want To Marry Them.

In Comparison To The French Revolution, The American Revolution Has Come To Seem A Parochial And Rather Dull Event. This, Despitethe Fact That The American Revolution Was Successful--realizing The Purposes Of The Revolutionaries And Establishing A Durable Political Regime--while The French Revolution Was A Resounding Failure, Devouring Its Own Children And Leading To An Imperial Despotism, Followed By An Eventual Restoration Of The Monarchy.