Editorials
Some Hope For Aliens
Immigration law has long been a specialty in which relatively few lawyers, members of Congress and even federal judges have true expertise.
Articles
Foster Parenting and Jesuit Spirituality
Alison is nearly three years old. She was adopted last year by a single woman, Shannon, who is a campus minister at a Jesuit college.
Shortchanging the Homeless
When President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty in 1964, the homeless did not appear in the nation’s vocabulary, except perhaps as bums or hobos.
Patient No More
At a recent conference on managed care, one of the speakers, a physician, complained that all too often we don’t call patients “patients” any more.
Books and Culture
Books
In his brief foreword to Ghislain Lafont’s Imagining the Catholic Church, Archbishop Rembert Weakland, O.S.B., calls attention to som
Books
"The world is on the verge of new and great changes, Mr. Scrooge. You agree?"
Books
Defending human rights pays off not only in terms of justice, but also in ways that can include greater economic growth, a more protected en
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