January 19, 2009

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Editorials

Current Comment
After Gaza; Lives of Gays and Lesbians
The Roots of Terrorism
Who is the real enemy in the global fight against terrorism?

Articles

The Food On Our Tables
Bob Peace
The flaws of U.S. agricultural policy
Dear Mr. President
Peter A. Quinn, Helen Prejean, CSJ
A group of contributors to America offer advice to Barack Obama as he begins his presidency
Video Advice for Barack Obama
Jim McDermott

What should Barack Obama do upon first taking office? A few New Yorkers--and some of the president elects youngest supporters--weigh in.

Books and Culture

Culture
An Asian Giant Flies High
Charles J. Borges
Two new books on India look at the country past and present
Art
Beyond Protest
Karen Sue Smith
The art of George Tooker
Books
His Universe Was Infinite
Janice Farnham
Why was Giordano Bruno burned at the stake?
Books
Sound of Silence
Joseph Cunneen
David Lodge’s earlier books won him a reputation as one of the leading comic novelists of the past century.
Film
Uncertain Sympathies
Michael V. Tueth
John Patrick Shanley's 'Doubt' looks at the darkness to be encountered even within the most sacred locales

Columns and Departments

The Word
No Ordinary Time
Barbara E. Reid
Columns
Blessed Are the Poor
Thomas J. Massaro
What is the proper moral response to these hard times?
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
George M. Anderson
Letters
Letters

What You're Reading

  Video Advice for Barack Obama
Jim McDermott
What should Barack Obama do upon first taking office? A few New Yorkers--and some of the president elects youngest supporters--weigh in.