A majority of Catholics—52 percent—voted for Mr. Trump.
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).
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Regardless of the election outcome, Clinton leaves the stage as a champion
Clinton’s loss says more about the enduring presence of sexism in our society than about populism.
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How the U.S. violates international law in plain sight
U.S. violations of international law continue.
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What we learned (and didn’t learn) in last night’s debate
We did not hear much if anything about crucial questions for Catholic voters.
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Is Russia as dangerous as we have been told?
The importance of Russia in the U.S. presidential campaign, and the New York Times’ role in amplifying it, has been bizarre.
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Should other schools and institutions follow in Georgetown’s steps?
Georgetown University has taken several steps to come to terms with its slaveholding past.
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Angela Merkel’s response to the politics of fear.
To be a Muslim anywhere is to be regarded as suspect; to be a Muslim refugee is to be persona non grata.
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Why President Obama is wrong to denounce Donald Trump
Passion is welcome, but not when it seems partisan.
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Learning from the war in Iraq: why the United States needs its own Chilcot report
No similar investigation into the Iraq war has taken place here or is even suggested.
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Mid-level U.S. diplomats say Assad must be toppled in order to defeat ISIS
The call for more force in Syria has unsettling echoes of the Vietnam War.