A Guide for the Perplexed Voter: Lessons and temptations
In Robert Bolt’s play, A Man for All Seasons, the aging Cardinal Wolsey admonishes Sir Thomas More: “You’re a constant regret to me, Thomas. If you could just see the facts flat on, without that horrible moral squint; with just a little common sense, you could have been a statesman.” Wolsey’s heirs are quick to…
Hands-On Parenting: How parents can prevent teen drug abuse
How parents can prevent teen drug abuse
New Hues for the Electoral Map
Red, blue and everything in between
The Manner Is Extraordinary: The life of John LaFarge
John LaFarge: a famous pioneer in the field of interracial justice and an editor of America for 37 years.
Dragen, Here Is Your Letter
The 'A Case for God' prize-winning essay
Intrinsic Evil and Political Responsibility: Is the concept of intrinsic evil helpful to the Catholic voter?
What does ‘intrinsic evil’ actually mean?
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Moving beyond the politics of division
Letters
Letters
Identity Theft Re “Identity Crisis,” by Melanie Morey and John Piderit, S.J. (10/13): “Identity theft” is more like it. What really counts at a Catholic university is who teaches and what they teach. With the attenuation of theology and philosophy requirements at Catholic uni
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Voting One’s Conscience
Conscientious voters have a momentous decision before them.
Racism and the Election
Racism can be called our nation’s own ‘original sin.’
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Common Fear, Shared Vision
The surprising similarities between George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh
What Good Can Come
Prisoners have often written about their lives behind bars but Jens Soering rsquo s The Church of the Second Chance stands out because it involved considerable research How a reader might ask could a person serving a life sentence for murder with only limited access to a typewriter and none to
Between Real and Imagined
Charles Simic rsquo s poetry is and always has been gnomic His poems read like little messages containing clues mdash though often at first sight clues too cryptic to be put to use It both pleases and puzzles that at just the moment when a poem seems to approach a newly discovered center of grav
A Daring and Innovative Artist
A life of Mary Cassatt
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The Word
Eternal Life,Christian Style
All Souls (A), Nov. 2, 2008
Columns
The Eighteenth Horse: ‘Often, all God needs to bring new insights to birth are empty space and unrushed time.’
‘Often, all God needs to bring new insights to birth are empty space and unrushed time.’
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Signs of the Times
U.N. Panel Calls Religion a Force for Freedom The same unwavering, absolute commitment to faith that can make religion a source of conflict and division can also make it a powerful force for freedom, justice and liberation, panelists said at an Oct. 7 forum at the United Nations. They also said the
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