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The culture war might be likened to fighting a war against a coalition of powers. Imagine WWI-style trench warfare on a long front. In the center of the enemy lines are the forces of moral relativism. These forces oppose the idea that there is a universal moral law. On one flank are the forces of the sexual revolution, including gays, feminists, adulterers, the promiscuous, and the pro-abortion folks. On the other flank are the cultural relativists, and multiculturalists. This camp opposes the ideas of truth, beauty, and intrinsic quality. It seeks to suppress the literary, philosophical, and artistic heritage of...

THE REVOLT OF THE ELITES: And the Betrayal of Democracy by, Christopher Lasch Publisher: W.W. Norton & CO. December - 1995 In this book, an American historian finds fault with the values and beliefs of America's professional elites. Christopher Lasch argues that democracy today is threatened not by the masses, as Jose Ortega y Gasset argued in The Revolt of the Masses, but by the elites. These elites - mobile and increasingly global in outlook - refuse to accept limits or ties to any nation or place. Lasch contends that as they isolate themselves in their networks and enclaves, they...

'Passion' shakes North Jersey clergy to the core Sunday, February 29, 2004 By JOHN CHADWICK and BRIAN KLADKOSTAFF WRITERS One Catholic priest in Morris County was so appalled by Mel Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ'' that he described the film as "religious barbarism.''But a Protestant minister in Harrington Park was so moved that afterward he drove to a park, where he prayed and sat silently for almost an hour.Meanwhile, a rabbi from River Edge said the movie could bring Jews and Christians closer, despite the film's insistence that it was the Jews who pushed for the execution of...