The Catholic Church and the U.S. law-enforcement are both powerful institutions with fiercely loyal agents who have covered up misdeeds.
John W. Miller
John W. Miller is a Pittsburgh-based former Wall Street Journal staff reporter and co-director of the PBS film “Moundsville.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Could Covid-19 force a ‘buy local’ food revolution?
The pandemic will not prove to be an existential threat, but it is likely to change what and how Americans buy and eat. They may be forced to buy food closer to where it is grown or processed.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Most Americans support universal health care. But can it actually happen?
How to expand health coverage while containing costs is one of the great unanswered questions in American politics.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: How (and why) to reinvent journalism as we know it
Victor Pickard wants to help “reinvent journalism” by working out a new economic model based on some sort of public subsidy for reporting outlets all over the country.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
A Road Trip Through the Swing States (Before the Coronavirus Hit)
Trump voters were holding firm in early March, reports John W. Miller, but Covid-19 may bring a sea change in the key states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Keeping baseball alive in the time of coronavirus
Baseball didn’t fall from the sky. It is a gift, made by humans. It is exciting. It could disappear.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Movie stardom might be your destiny, but it does not solve your problems.
Dan Bevacqua’s debut novel, the darkly comic ‘Molly Bit,’ follows the rise and fall of a Hollywood star.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
We’re in the New Age of Protest Music
Several political artists were been nominated for Grammys this year, including Rhiannon Giddens, bluegrass outfit Che Apalache and Kenyan folk singer J.S. Ondara.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Meet the monks who brew the only Trappist beer in America
A Trappist monastery in Massachusetts revives a centuries-old brewing tradition.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Universal basic income is having a moment. Can advocates convince a skeptical public?
Everybody would get this money, regardless of their wealth or income: you, your mom, Bill Gates. The payments would be made for life.