In a new episode of Voting Catholic, host Sebastian Gomes discusses the American ”idolatry” of guns with Gonzaga University’s Patrick McCormick and Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio.
Robert David Sullivan
Robert David Sullivan is the production editor at America magazine. From 2013 to 2016 he wrote a political column called (Un)Conventional Wisdom.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Voting Catholic: How should Catholics think about inflation when voting this fall?
In a new episode of Voting Catholic, Sebastian Gomes speaks with the economist Tony Annett about the causes of inflation—and with Catherine Orr, a pastoral associate in Wisconsin, about the pressure of rising prices for gas and other goods.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Will the midterm elections start the next Civil War? (Maybe it’s already started.)
I have covered this growing pessimism about our political system in previous columns, but the evidence keeps coming.
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Both major parties do shady things. Only the Republican Party is threatening to break democracy.
Americans across the political spectrum can agree that both parties have dumbed down democracy, but only the Republican Party is rapidly moving toward the idea of simply refusing to accept election losses.
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Will Catholics join evangelicals in the culture war? 7 questions to understand the 2022 midterms
As a large voting bloc that is “split down the middle,” Catholics have an outsized role in determining this year’s election results. Will they focus on abortion, the economy or some other political issue?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Republicans and Democrats agree that democracy is in trouble. They just don’t agree on its definition.
Republicans were as likely as Democrats to say that democracy is in trouble. Does this mean we have achieved a consensus without realizing it?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Abortion, student loans and the Republican weakness for nostalgia
Nonwhite voters naturally do not have much affection for America as it existed before the civil rights movements.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Social justice isn’t really a new religion. It still hasn’t figured out forgiveness.
Here in deep-blue Manhattan, I know a lot of people who would indeed see “religion” as a slur.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Defund everything
It is time to defund the police. I haven’t called them in years, and I need that tax money back to subscribe to Disney Plus.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
On abortion, a lasting political compromise might be impossible
Those who want to reduce or minimize abortion, as opposed to eliminating it, are in a more difficult political position.