Even those who disagree with some of Canavan's conclusions... will find his essays lucid and refreshing if only as a clarification of the 'other side'. And for those who agree with him these essays will... produce a great sigh of relief: someone has put into clear and pleasing prose many of their own appeals to the truth. They can take comfort in the face of galloping liberalism in our world and in our church that there is an eminently reasonably voice pleading their case. Francis Canavan S.J. is Professor Emeritus at Fordham University, where he taught political science for 22 years (1966-1988) and an Editor of the Human Life Review. Father Canavan is also the regular 'Commentary' columnist for the newsletter 'catholic eye' in which the 60 essays in this book first appeared.