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Over the last several months the news has been full of examples of institutions of higher education led most recently by Harvard changing their tuition policies as a way of reconsidering the negative effects of the exorbitant cost of college education in the United States Is anyone else disapp

As I ve been preparing for a new semester of teaching at Fordham a course on Catholic novels I ve been rereading Flannery O Connor s brilliant essay collection Mystery and Manners One of the essays included in that volume edited by Sally and Robert Fitzgerald was originally published

With the blessing of the Holy Father granted the 20th of June 2005 and after having obtained a positive vote from the Assistants for provident care and from the Provincials of the whole Society on the seriousness of the reasons to resign I present now to the judgement of the General Congregation

Sen Hillary Clinton tried to trumpet her political prowess while disparaging the verbal skills of her opponent Sen Barack Obama with a lesson from history Here is what she said Dr King s dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act Now there is no rea

On Meet the Press this morning Senator Hillary Clinton accused her host Tim Russert of being Jesuitical in his argumentation The Jesuit-educated Russert Canisius High School in Buffalo N Y and John Carroll University in Cleveland was pressing Senator Clinton on her 2002 vote to authori

As some of you no doubt noticed author and occasional America contributor Michael Sean Winters has joined the ranks of our bloggers Michael has written for The New Republic and Slate and is the author of the forthcoming Left at the Altar How the Democrats Lost the Catholics and How the Catholic

Pollsters and pundits have been beating themselves up since they failed to predict Hillary Clinton s surprise victory in the New Hampshire primary But the pollsters were not that far off Polls estimated that Barack Obama would receive between 36 and 42 percent of the vote and he captured 36 J

The Wire by far my favorite show on television is now in its fifth and final season on HBO Even if you haven t been watching this sprawling Baltimore-based drama you can catch up with this handy synopsis of seasons 1-4 As I noted in my recent OMT each season of The Wire focuses on a di

Foolish as it would be to look for deep theological insights from The View Joy Behar s recent statements on Catholic saints a not existing any longer and b needing medication was about as close as you could come to a nice Youtubable public display of anti-Catholicism for any who doubt