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Politics & Society Editorials
January 29, 2000
How can it be that in this time of unprecedented prosperity for many in the United States, between 600,000 and 700,000 Americans are homeless on any given night? And that requests for both emergency shelter and food are on the increase around the country? But in fact, the 1999 Status Report on Hunge
Editorials
January 15, 2000
Last spring the 4,400 students at Santa Fe High School, which is part of a school district near Galveston, Tex., voted to elect one of their number to deliver an inspirational message before the home games of the school’s football team. Marian Ward, the senior chosen, was warned by school admi
Editorials
January 01, 2000
"Any day is a good day to be born and any day is a good day to die," said Pope John XXIII toward the end of his life. He was affirming that within the perspective of eternity every day is significant, and for each individual any day may be momentous. He was not denying that within the pers
October 09, 1999

China is not only the most populous country on earth; it also has the world's oldest civilization. It would be no surprise, therefore, if the Chinese were not greatly stirred by the passage of a mere half-century. Last week, however, Beijing engineered a massive celebration of the 50th

February 26, 1996
In These Pages: From Feb. 26, 1966
November 27, 1993
Fifteen years ago, when the Democrats took over the White House, the editors thought health care reform was imminent.
March 29, 1986
From 1986, a defense of a controversial theologian
May 21, 1983
In These Pages: From May 21, 1983
December 23, 1978
In These Pages: From Dec. 23, 1978
October 14, 1978
In only 34 days as pope, Albino Luciani captured the imaginations of Catholics and non-Catholics alike.