Urgent notice to Catholic friends (especially rubix1229)

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In the past, I have sometimes referred to and more or less encouraged others to read a Catholic magazine called the NEW OXFORD REVIEW. More recently, I have had reason to worry about its editorial line. It seemed to be characterized by a disagreeable self-righteousness, a tendency to pick as many fights with orthodox Catholics as with genuine opponents, and a tendency to demonize "neocons" (which, in the language of certain people, means Jews); and a couple of items about the rights and wrongs of World War Two seriously troubled me. In their last daily mailing, however, they made it clear that they thought that Catholics "should regard Islamic fundamentalism as an ally" (quote). They also published an article against Israel, full of all the slanted accounts - or worse - that some of us are familiar with. I am therefore now writing this to warn anyone interested in this kind of things most seriously against the NEW OXFORD REVIEW. Their view of the world seems, all things considered, not too far from a naive yet deadly clerical fascism. And it is always bad news for Christians of any stripe when anyone starts preaching hate against the Jews. I have already deleted my subscription. I will lose a source of good, orthodox, thoughtful articles, for there is much good among this ordure; and that is a pity. But I refuse on principle to have any dealings with Jew-baiters and people who think that Taliban and Khomeinites can be seen as "allies".