January 17, 2002

Frustration: Daniel Goldhagen's article on

Frustration: Daniel Goldhagen's article on the Catholic Church and Nazism isn't available at the New Republic on-line, so you have to make do with Andrew Sullivan's response to it. Does Goldhagen really say that there was "no relevant moral difference between Nazism and Catholicism in the 1930s and 1940s?" That "the cross and the swastika are interchangeable?" That "a limited argument for the death penalty for specific crimes is equivalent to endorsing genocide?" I have a hard time believing it, but I won't comment further till I've read the article.

(On the main page of TNR, there's a link that says "how to read" Goldhagen's essay. Here's how: call and order it as "back issue!" I've been a TNR subscriber for years, and I have to say that they really need to improve their subscription service. The usual pattern is that a month or so will go by with no TNR action, after which three or four old issues will arrive all at once. I don't know how long I'll have to wait to get this one... Grrr.)

Posted by Dr. Frank at January 17, 2002 08:20 AM | TrackBack