If the murders at the Charleston church reflect the dark power of racism in our society, the legal proceedings reflect the senseless costs of our system of justice.
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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Georgetown’s acts of Penance
Bringing scrutiny to bear on the slave labor that sustained it, Georgetown has been claiming its own sinful history.
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A good priest plays detective on “Grantchester”
“Grantchester” on PBS manages to be both Christian and worldly.
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France condemns Islamic fashion, stigmatizing Muslims once more.
The kerfuffle in France over Western fashion designers producing Islamic clothing for women is another sign of the stigma Islam carries today.
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Is Donald Trump bent on world conquest?
Mr. Trump is not Hitler so much as our own Silvio Berlusconi.
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AIPAC and the campaign against peaceful change in the Middle East
Prominent U.S. politicians are flocking to genuflect before the powerful lobbying association.
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Russia’s intervention in Syria has been a game changer.
With the United States and Russia now cooperating, there are new grounds for hope.
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Colleges v. corporations: the sad tale of Mount St. Mary’s
The fall of Simon Newman and the rise of the business model of education
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The Pentagon’s brave new world of assisted reproduction
The irony of preserving soldiers’ eggs while sending them to war wouldn’t be lost on Aldous Huxley.
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Misunderstanding Al Qaeda
Despite billions spent destroying it, Al Qaeda has expanded its influence.