Peace seems no closer than it did before the Oslo Accord.
Margot Patterson
Margot Patterson has written for a variety of newspapers and magazines in the United States and abroad. Most recently, she worked for the National Catholic Reporter for seven years as Senior Writer and then Opinion and Arts Editor. She lives in the Kansas City area and is the author of Islam Considered: A Christian Perspective (2008).
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Teens posted photos of a ‘Jews vs. Nazis’ drinking game. How should their Catholic school respond?
The trouble began when nine students at a weekend party played “Jews vs. Nazis” beer pong.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The fleeting satisfaction of pulling down Confederate monuments
Probably most Americans can agree that Confederate monuments should never have been erected, but dismantling them is a different story for many citizens.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Will a solar eclipse bring Americans together?
On Aug. 21, there will be a total solar eclipse and its path will fall across the entire continental United States.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Words of wisdom: Always go to the funeral.
It’s not just for the family. It’s for you.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Saint or not, Dorothy Day belongs on the stage of American theater.
If the Greeks had Antigone, Americans have Dorothy Day.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Leakers aren’t the (main) problem. Runaway classification is.
The misclassification of government documents has caught people up in phony scandals costly to them and to the public at large.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
We can, and must, defeat famine in Africa
Famine has already been declared in parts of South Sudan; Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia are on the brink of it.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Why liberals should stop calling Trump ‘unfit’ to be president
Comparing the president to Putin, Hitler or the anti-Christ distracts from what is taking shape on the ground.
Posted inColumns, Politics & Society
After a dispiriting election, accepting our not-so-greatness might be a saving grace
At the end of this election year, a time for silence seems sorely needed.