Vol. 124 • December 1997 • No. 21

Correspondence Applause and complaints on many fronts 4
HOGAN, BEN & MONGOVEN, ANNE M. & DRUMKE, JACK & EGAN, (REV.) HARVEY & ZWICK, MARK AND LOUISE & HOLDORF, WILLIAM J. & BOGUCKI, (MRS.) GENE & CUSEO, ALLAN & MAZZARELLA, MARIO D. & FROST, RAYMOND & Zahn, Gordon & Jordan, Patrick & Rosenthal, Peggy
Editorial The least-bad solution 5
Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien
Nunsuch? Religious communities are changing but reports of their death have been greatly exaggerated 7
Callahan, Sidney
Priest Lost to Church Scaffolding 8
Szumowski, Margaret C
A twist in Houston The struggle of a multicultural, multiracial Houston to share the bounty of city contracts may sink under court rules, though the citizens have voted otherwise 9
Burke, John Francis
A SOLDIER'S LEGACY How one soldier's unobtrusive faith changed another soldier's life 10
Ostermann, Robert
Boogie Nights The Ice Storm Remember the '70s? Two moviemakers do in exploring the squalor of the pornographic movie business and the moral aridity of suburban life 12
Alleva, Richard
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas 14
Donnelly, Daria
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas 15
Morris, Charles R
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas 16
Freeman, Mary Lee
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas 17
Bell, Robert H
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas 18
Castronovo, David
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas 20
Mason, Alane Salierno
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas 22
Fisher, James T
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas 24
Johns, Elizabeth
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas 25
Baumann, Paul
In cyberspace, all things Catholic 31
Incandela, Joseph M

 
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