ChroniclesrnCrafting the Modem ChroniclesrnA M A G A Z I N E OF A M E R I C A N C U L T U R ErnPERSPECTIVErnMoon-Man Religionrnby Thomas FlemingrnThat old black magic.rn10rnVIEWSrnA Monopoly of Violence 14rnby Samuel FrancisrnHow the Tudors helped create the modern state.rnDivided Loyalties, Misplaced Hopes 18rnbyAaronD. Wolfrn”Put not your trust in princes.”rnThomas More’s Supplication of Souls 21rnby Hugh Barbour, O.PraamrnThe prophecy of the last medieval man and the firstrnmodern martyr.rnNEWSrnLetter to the Bishop; Eucharistic Seconds 38rnby Joe EcclesiarnVITAL SIGNSrnAMERICAN EMPIRE: Thirst for Empire 41rnby John WillsonrnLITERATURE; Making the Whole World England 42rnby Marian Kester CoombsrnFILM; Gibson and His Enemies 43rnbv Tom PiatakrnSnatching VICTORY From the Jaws of Defeatrnby Scott P. RichertrnCrafting the modern security state.rnREVIEWSrn24rnThe Great All-in-Agreement Debate 27rnby Derek TurnerrnAnthony Browne: Do We Need Mass Immigration?rnMyles Harris: Tomorrow is Another CountryrnAshley Mote: Overcrowded Britain: Our Immigration Crisis ExposedrnChristie Davies on Antony Flew’s Social Lifernand Moral Judgment ••• J.O. Tate on James M.rnCain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, DoublernIndemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories • •rnKatharine Dalton on Memoirs of a Swedish War Nurse:rnA Life of Adventure, A Journey of Spirituality byrnKarin Wiking, as interviewed by Lois Lindstrom ••rnScott P. Richert on Bill Kauffman’s Dispatches Fromrnthe Muckdog Gazette ••rnCORRESPONDENCErn30rnCOLUMNSrnBREAKING GLASSrnby Philip JenkinsrnTHE ROCKFORD FILESrnby Scott P. RichertrnTHE AMERICAN INTERESTrnby Srdja TrifkovicrnIN THE DARKrnThirteenrnby George McCartneyrnTHE HUNDREDTH MERIDIANrnby Chilton Williamson, Jr.rnTHE BEST REVENGErnby Thomas FlemingrnprpA DTik ArK i-rrrnULr AK 1 MhIN 1 brnPOLEMICS & EXCHANGESrnAMERICAN PROSCENIUMrnCULTURAL REVOLUTIONSrn14rn34rn39rn46rn48rn50rn4rn6rn7rnLetter From Mexico: Tangerine Dreamsrnby V. GroginskyrnLetter From London: Made for Lovernby Andrei Navrozovrn35rn36rnPOETRYrnTruffles by Catharine Savage BrosmanrnON THE COVERCoverrnand inside illustrations by Jeff Drew.rn12rnNOVEMBER 2003/3rnrnrn