This is part of a series of reflections on How to Succeed in College Click on the author s name for previous entries A few years ago I visited a young family whose wedding I had performed and whose child the following Sunday morning I was about to baptize But the father whom I had taught
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Posted inCatholic Book Club
November Selection
An American Catholic theologian of worldwide renown Avery Dulles 1918-2008 looms large in the intellectual life of the church He wrote more than two dozen books and many hundreds of articles and was a peritus at the Second Vatican Council As Patrick W Carey mdash a professor of theology at Mar
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Letters
Disgruntled vs. Gruntled According to your editorial “Voting Bloc” (10/25), the disgruntled folk are the more energized portion of the electorate. For sure they are the most energetic bloggers. But allow me as a reasonably “gruntled” citizen to put in a word. The Obama admini
Posted inEditorials
Two Peoples, One State: Commentary
Israelis must ask, has the idea of an ethnic state become an anachronism?
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Letters
How Dare You? Your editorial “Israel’s Choice” (10/18) is a classic example of your bias. Negotiating means give-and-take on both sides. Placing exclusive blame for the possible breakdown of peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israel on the building of settlements in the We
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How to Go to College and NOT Lose Your Faith
When parents drop off the son or daughter at college they worry about several things Will the son or daughter be fed have the ldquo right rdquo roommate study without parental supervision drink too much and walk out in front of a car fall in with the wrong crowd or fall in love with a
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Letters
Do It My Way I write to suggest a better way to eliminate poverty than that proposed by your editorial “Robbing Peter to Pay” (9/27). It’s time to change fundamentally the way our society approaches poverty. We should lobby Congress to rewrite the tax code so that tax money used fo
Posted inFilm
Still Waiting: A teacher’s take on ‘Waiting for Superman’
A teacher’s take on ‘Waiting for Superman’