In response to a query from America, Steve Bannon said, “The daily examen has become a tool for me to lead a better, more fulfilled life.”
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
Posted inArts & Culture, Faith
God wants the Dodgers to win tonight. Here’s why
Tommy Lasorda always called Him “The Big Dodger in The Sky.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
‘Of The Making of Books There Is No End’: a survey of our Fall Literary Review 2017
A quick survey of the books reviewed in America’s Fall Literary Review 2017.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Introducing America’s Fall Literary Review 2017
An introduction to America’s Fall Literary Review 2017.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
I was a boy when I first saw the Dodgers play. And I will be a boy again tonight.
The World Series beginning in Los Angeles tonight brings up childhood memories of the Dodgers.
Posted inFaith, News
What is to be done with the body of Archbishop Fulton Sheen?
Sheen’s niece has sought to have Sheen’s remains disinterred and moved to St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. The Archdiocese of New York disagrees.
Posted inArts & Culture, Vantage Point
How the Jesuits at ‘America’ responded when Hugh Hefner sent them copies of ‘Playboy’
“Hugh Hefner, a Chicago man, keeps sending us copies of his magazine, Playboy.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Slack and Trello and Google Docs, oh my! On realizing I am a technological dinosaur
The new guy at America’s office discovers technology passed him by.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What would Thomas Merton and Daniel Berrigan say about the Benedict Option?
A monk’s vocation is toward God, not a strategic retreat from something else.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Trump says inner-city crimes are going up. He’s wrong.
Almost all major cities in the United States have experienced major decreases in violent crime over the past 25 years.