February 18, 2013

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Editorials

Current Comment

Finally, Immigration; All the President's Men; Vive la France?

Give It Up

For St. Augustine, fasting was avaricious unless one gave away what one saved.

Articles

Job Insecurity
Kevin Clarke

New labor campaigns hope to turn low-wage work into a decent living.

Getting to Work
Patricia Ranft

Entitlement societies and the devaluation of labor

Books and Culture

Art
Masterworks in Progress
Karen Sue Smith
Exploring the mind, and work, of Henri Matisse
Books
The Politics of Pragmatism
V. Bradley Lewis
Thomas Jefferson was the closest thing to a philosopher-king we have ever had in the United States.
Books
A Naturalist's Evolution
Tom Deignan
The most crucial swing vote in the 2012 election may have been cast by the late Rachel Carson.
Books
Pius's Balancing Act
David I. Kertzer
No one in 20th-century church history has attracted more controversy than Eugenio Pacelli.
Books
Lives Twice Told
Raymond A. Schroth
The biographer tempts the reader to imagine: This life could have been mine.

Columns and Departments

The Word
Close Encounters
John W. Martens
Faith in Focus
After the Flaw
Joseph P. Hoover
Noticing the little 'ifs' during Lent
Columns
Statements in Stone
James T. Keane
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
Letters
Letters
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