EDITORIALS

Current Comment

The duty to protect and the perils of Vitamin Water By The editors

Updike at Rest

An appreciation of a Christian man of letters By George W. Hunt

ARTICLES

A Tragic Inheritance

A personal perspective on the abortion debate By Steven C. Moore

Finding Renewal

Why the pro-life movement should return to its roots By James R. Kelly

Real Americans, Real Catholics

Race, religion and the 2008 election By Vincent D. Rougeau

That Motown Sound

Berry Gordy, Jr. and the African-American experience By David E. Nantais

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS

The Common Ground

'Perhaps the visions of Benedict and Obama can coincide.' By Maryann Cusimano Love

OF MANY THINGS

Salman Rushdie, Giordano Bruno and religious intolerance By James T. Keane

NEWS

Signs of the Times

By From CNS, staff and other sources

BOOK REVIEWS

The World Is What It Is, The Aryan Jesus

THE WORD

Agents of Forgiveness

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Feb. 22, 2009; Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009 By Barbara E. Reid

LETTERS