Elizabeth Kristol

Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality . By Andrew Sullivan Knopf, 209 pages, $22 What would life be like if we were not allowed to marry? That is the question at the heart of Andrew Sullivan’s first book, Virtually Normal . In a sharp departure from the brash tone of the New . . . . Continue Reading »

During the past two decades, prenatal screening for fetal defects has become a standard part of nearly every pregnant woman’s medical care. Tests conducted during the first half of pregnancy are designed to detect a wide range of genetic and other disorders, and to give women the option of . . . . Continue Reading »

Life Itself: Abortion in the American Mind by Roger Rosenblatt Random House, 194 pages, $20 Roger Rosenblatt wants you to know that he has solved the abortion problem. Really. He’s written a whole book about it called Life Itself. Of course, the middle third of the book is just a summary of . . . . Continue Reading »

Is not the past large enough to let you find some place where you may disport yourself without becoming ridiculous? —NietzscheIt is nothing new for poets, painters, and philosophers to harken back to Utopian “golden ages” when greatness or harmony flourished. The German Romantics were . . . . Continue Reading »