Spring 2004
Issue 86

Publication Date: May 10, 2004
Posted: Monday, May 5, 2004

This issue features an interview with EPPC’s new president, M. Edward Whelan III; four seminars—on anti-Semitism, on Iraqi civil society, on India’s Muslim population, and on space exploration; and excerpts from new books by EPPC fellows Christine Rosen and George Weigel.


In This Issue :

EPPC's New President
On March 22 the Ethics and Public Policy Center welcomed M. Edward Whelan III as its fifth president. An attorney and a former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Whelan has served in positions of responsibility in all three branches of the federal government. Newsletter editor Jacqueline Stark interviewed Whelan about his plans for EPPC. [More]

The Resurrection of Anti-Semitism
Gabriel Schoenfeld discusses his book, The Return of Anti-Semitism. [More]

Up Close and Personal in Iraq
Zainab al-Suwaij of the American Islamic Congress discusses the reconstruction of Iraq. [More]

Clash on Mars
Two experts -- and long-time rivals -- square off on the question of how and whether we should go to Mars. [More]

Muslims at Risk
The rise of Hindu nationalism in India, the world’s largest democracy and home to the world’s second largest Muslim population, endangers not only the Muslim community there but democratic values as well. In this conversation, two experts examined the roots and unfortunate consequences of this phenomenon. [More]

Terrorism Conference in Turkey
Details on the February 2004 conference, "Deciphering and Combating Radical Islamist Ideology," held in Ankara. [More]

Christian Follies
An excerpt from EPPC fellow Christine Rosen's new book, Preaching Eugenics: Religious Leaders and the American Eugenics Movement. [More]

Divine Sovereignty
An excerpt from EPPC senior fellow George Weigel's new book, Letters to a Young Catholic. [More]