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Margot Patterson is a writer who lives in Kansas City, Mo.
Politics & Society
Margot PattersonKevin E. StuartJane Sloan PetersCecilia González-AndrieuC. C. PecknoldJim McDermott
A majority of Catholics—52 percent—voted for Mr. Trump.
Hillary Clinton speaks in New York on Nov. 9 after conceding the presidential election to Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
Margot Patterson
Clinton's loss says more about the enduring presence of sexism in our society than about populism.
Putin and Obama meet to discuss Syria. (CC photo/Kremlin.ru)
Politics & SocietyColumns
Margot Patterson
U.S. violations of international law continue.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton are introduced during the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
In All Things
Robert David SullivanJohn CarrMatt Malone, S.J.Nathan SchneiderMargot Patterson
We did not hear much if anything about crucial questions for Catholic voters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, speak at United Party's election headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016.
In All Things
Margot Patterson
The importance of Russia in the U.S. presidential campaign, and the New York Times' role in amplifying it, has been bizarre.
In All Things
Margot Patterson
Georgetown University has taken several steps to come to terms with its slaveholding past.
Margot Patterson
Columns
Margot Patterson
To be a Muslim anywhere is to be regarded as suspect; to be a Muslim refugee is to be persona non grata.
President Barack Obama speak to reporters during a joint news conference with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2 (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta).
In All Things
Margot Patterson
Passion is welcome, but not when it seems partisan.
John Chilcot presents the Iraq Inquiry Report at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 (Jeff J Mitchell/Pool via AP).
In All Things
Margot Patterson
No similar investigation into the Iraq war has taken place here or is even suggested.
Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus on June 7. Removing Assad from power has been a U,S, objective even before the rise of ISIS. (SANA via AP)
In All Things
Margot Patterson
The call for more force in Syria has unsettling echoes of the Vietnam War.