Though Eugene Robinson’s principles emerge in his writing, he is far from an ideologue.
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J.
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J., was the literary editor of America and the author of six books, including Dante to Dead Man Walking: One Reader’s Journey through the Christian Classics and American Journey of Eric Sevareid.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Watergate, S.J.: Three Jesuits and the downfall of a president
By the spring of 1973, the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., had become a sensation but not yet an obsession.
Posted inIn All Things
Readings: How to Not Love Your Country
Three voices of reason amid the rancorous reactions to the release of Sgt. Bergdahl.
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Readings: A Man of Principle?
“The Last Sentence,” a film by Jan Troell, opens in New York on Friday, June 20.
Posted inIn All Things
Readings: Who Should Speak? ‘Snooki’ or Kermit?
It is graduation time again and both The New York Times and The Washington Post have surveyed the campuses and their pundits have deplored the controversies in which the famous are invited to address graduates only to be forced to withdraw because various student or faculty groups object In ldquo
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Readings: Answering God’s Questions
It has been years since I have seen a film as dazzling beautiful and challenging as Patrice Chereau rsquo s Queen Margot It tell the story of the 16th-century French ldquo wars of religion rdquo which raised to a bloody pitch with the Saint Bartholomew rsquo s Day Massacre 1572 when for vari
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Readings: What is A Saint and How Do We Talk with Them?
Literary editor Raymond A. Schroth, S.J., asks: Is it time to place a temporary moratorium on “making” saints?
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A Nice Looking Man
What does evil look like In art literature and the popular creative imagination Dr Frankenstein has that mad glint in his eyes Professor Moriarty rsquo s eyes bulge when he dreams madly of outsmarting Sherlock Holmes and Dr Jekyll rsquo s cool surface submerges his inner monster Mr Hyde For
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Readings: The Voice of Jonathan Schell
Jonathan Schell who died in Brooklyn on March 25 at the age of 70 was more than a great journalist he was what every journalist aspires mdash or should aspire mdash to be a moralist a prophet a soul of deep integrity I suppose I should use those adjectives with caution since I regret that we
Posted inColumns
Schooling Teachers
Today’s education establishment is determined to shake off the mantel of mediocrity.