Saving a Poor Man I have just experienced the truth of your editorial “Failure to Protect” (1/30). This week I found a youngish Latvian man living in a field near Dublin airport. He hadn’t eaten in three days. I have never met someone so close to a mental breakdown; he couldn&rsquo
America Staff
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State Contraception Mandates
The 28 states requiring that contraception coverage be included in prescription drug plans are: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mex
Posted inIn All Things
Frontline’s ‘The Interrupters’
Missing from President Obama rsquo s State of the Union Address which was aimed so consistently at the economic problems of the middle class mdash the section of the population most likely to actually vote mdash was a confrontation with the nation rsquo s most destructive most virulent internal cr
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Two for the Road
Bookings By Raymond A. Schroth The best travel writing is usually about something else—not just been-there and saw-that. There is an inner voyage, even for the atheist, a spiritual experience—if not an encounter with God at least a glimpse into the mystery of life embodied in crumbling w
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Letters
Raise Salaries, Lose Jobs? In response to “Will the Majority Rule?” (Current Comment, 12/12), it is hard to be opposed to the minimum wage. Yet, at the same time, an increase in the minimum wage plays out in an increase in the overall domestic wage structure, broadening the disparity bet
Posted inIn All Things
Readings: Obama is Back
Newsweek revved us up for both the State of the Union address and the coming election campaign with two articles Andrew Sullivan January 16 tries to show how President Obama rsquo s long game will outsmart his critics When he took office the United States was losing 750 000 jobs a month ldquo
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January Selection
This month we feature two selections Prophets In Their Own Country is an historical and theological overview of the relationship between America rsquo s women religious and the Vatican after Rome rsquo s investigation of various communities congregations Some of the chapters originated as part o
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Of Many Things
‘What has happened to you, Josh?’ A fictional letter to a bishop.
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Letters
Beware ‘Pastores Dabo Vobis’ Contrary to what Katarina Schuth, O.S.F., reports in “A Change in Formation” (1/2), there is no evidence to suggest that levels of sexual abuse by members of the Catholic clergy concentrated after 1960. Anecdotal evidence abounds of abuse and cove
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Readings: Santorum vs. JFK
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp In principle as a Catholic Democrat I rsquo ve always rejoiced in the presence of Catholics in public life I remember as child a delegation coming to our house in Trenton to ask my father a World War I he