Marilynne Robinson’s ‘Home,’ reviewed
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
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.
A Classroom of the Heart: The surprising lessons of a summer spent playing ultimate frisbee
What I learned playing ultimate frisbee
Your Computer Is Making You Stupid
This essay from the Chronicle of Higher Education by Mark Bauerlein is more evidence for what I already suspected reading on a computer screen makes me stupid nbsp Or more exactly trying to read dense extended arguments on a computer screen results in an entirely different kind of comprehensio
A Bold New Direction: Richard H. Tierney and America’s foray into politics
Richard H. Tierney and America‘s foray into politics
Of Many Things
In California, earthquakes are a subject of humor and nostalgia as much as terror
Catholics for McCain
Here they are http catholicsformccain com nbsp The site states that Senator John McCain is pro-life and committed to nominating judges who are pro-life nbsp In issues of human dignity he is guided by a spirit of compassion that was born out of great suffering as a prisoner of war John McC
Tim Russert, R.I.P.
Sad news from Washington today Tim Russert host of NBC s Meet the Press died of a heart attack at 58 The CNN Report is here Despite an acerbic style in interviews and aggressive personality Russert has been one of political television s class acts over the past two decades He was als
W. Norris Clarke, R.I.P.
When I lived at Ciszek Hall the Jesuit house of First Studies near Fordham University in the Bronx the residents ranged in age from 23 a first-year scholastic to 83 our house father Despite the six decades that separated the two both had studied philosophy under the same Jesuit Norrie Clark
