The Editor's Favorite
Notes and "Quotes"

"Students are sometimes taught
that the United States of America
is just like any other land - only worse."
Robert P. George
"Freedom's Fighters" in Touchstone, June 2005

"When we have gone wrong,
our error has been in failing to be true
to the promise of the Declaration of Independence
and Constitution of the United States of America."
Robert P. George
"Freedom's Fighters" in Touchstone, June 2005


"A combination of leadership and servant-hood
is a uniquely Christian concept."
Robert Hart
"Service Men" in Touchstone, June 2005


"Stories not only reflect life, they shape it.
It is of no small account what stories we tell
and what stories we live by."
Vigen Guroian
"Of Weeds and Fairy Tales" in Touchstone,
May 2005

"I suspect that people grow loyal to a place
when they are rooted to it,
not the reverse."
Anthony Esolen
"Where Went the Neighborhood?" in Touchstone,
May 2005.

"We are the only animals that yearn for purpose
as we do for food and water."
Louis Markos
"Speaking Out" in Christianity Today, June 2005

"She was on no pain medication
prior to the removal of her feeding tube. 
If she was not in pain, then why was she suddenly
being pumped full of morphine?"
Patrick Henry Reardon
"Dry Comfort" in Touchstone, May 2005.

"One word of truth outweighs the world.
It restores the spirits of those who grow weary
in pursuit of truth,
and it blows away the house of lies
which can seem indestructible."
Graeme Hunter
"Truth in Toronto" in Touchstone, June 2005

"So long as the lion has not lain down with the lamb,
war remains a Christian option,
sometimes a Christian duty."
Peter J. Leithart
"Still Our Ancient Foe" in Touchstone, May 2005.

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