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Arts & Culture Books
Doris DonnellyOctober 23, 2006

The distinguished political scientist and historian Jan Gross nails the title of his book with one word fear This is not the first time In 2001 he did the same with Neighbors another one-word title dripping with irony because the book told the story of the July 1941 gruesome murder of the Jew

Arts & Culture Books
William J. CollingeOctober 23, 2006

As the generation that fought World War II began to pass from the scene a proliferation of memoirs oral histories and similar works appeared with the aim of communicating to a generation that had not witnessed it the experience and importance of the event Something like that is happening now tha

Arts & Culture Books
Chris ByrdOctober 23, 2006

When Michael Dirda took this summer off discerning readers of The Washington Post Book World were most likely disappointed They enjoy Dirda rsquo s erudite yet accessible reviews each Sunday The range of Dirda rsquo s interests and the breadth and depth of his literary knowledge are quite impress

The Word
Daniel J. HarringtonOctober 23, 2006

For the last six Sundays we have been on a journey with Jesus and his disciples going from northern Galilee toward Jerusalem The journey started with the healing of a blind man who only gradually came to see Mark 8 22-26 Along the way we have read surprising texts about a suffering Messiah gre

Of Many Things
Dennis M. LinehanOctober 23, 2006

"It’s a monsoon out there.” Our rain-soaked superior had just come in from one of the ferocious spring storms that beset New York. I quoted his words in this column in our March 24, 2003 issue. It was our only reference to him in America during all the years he lived here. As import

Current Comment
The EditorsOctober 23, 2006

Witness of MercyNickel Mines, a small farming town in Lancaster County, Pa., has been a place of both human grief and divine grace this month. The horrific killings of five young Amish girls, who were captured, bound and then shot by a deranged man who burst into the town’s one-room schoolhous

Editorials
The EditorsOctober 23, 2006

As we approach the November midterm Congressional elections, most of official Washington has gone into recess. In the final weeks of campaigning, both the White House and the Congress have turned their attention from policy to politics. Those who take an idealistic view of the democratic process mig