“We are more comfortable with Ezra Pound the madman, because we do not want to ponder Pound the monster.”
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
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Where have all the Catholic intellectuals gone?
If the Christian intellectual is dead, has a Catholic cousin survived?
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Why bother with the humanities?
Economic advantage is not the only goal of higher education.
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
Bob Dylan’s church(es): Travels in the North Country fair
I am a firm believer in the power of place.
Posted inIn All Things
Bob Dylan in the key of Catholic
Charlie Brown is dead, but Bob Dylan is 75 years old today.
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Saying goodbye to legendary Dodgers’ broadcaster Vin Scully
Vin Scully, Southern California’s soundtrack to summertime, is retiring.
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Providing some historical context for the Pope Francis-Donald Trump conflict
This is not the first tangle between popes and politicians.
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Lessons from Daniel Berrigan’s F.B.I. evasion
From the moment Daniel Berrigan took the stage at Cornell University on April 17, 1970, he and everyone else there knew he would be arrested.
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Defenders of the Faith
Anyone with a Twitter account could put out a virtual shingle as a church expert.
Posted inIn All Things
Ross Douthat belongs in the conversation. Here’s why.
Let us avoid clericalism in all its forms, including casting those without Ph.D.s into the outer darkness.