Like gun violence, car-related violence is also a uniquely American problem.
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.
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Dear God, let me vote for someone younger than me before I die
I’m in my late 50s, but elections still make me feel like I’m supposed to shut up and let the grown-ups talk.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Reading the news is torture enough. Watching TV shouldn’t be.
Watching the same character fall short of redemption, or meaningful contrition, over and over again, dozens of times, is torture.
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The church isn’t alone. Americans are losing their trust in (almost all) major institutions.
According to a rash of new polls, Americans have come together over the belief that the country’s major institutions are seriously out of whack.
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In a world after Roe v. Wade, we need pro-life Americans to preserve democracy
The idea that the government should broadly reflect the values of the majority of the governed is in serious trouble.
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How do pollsters decide who’s a ‘devout’ Catholic?
Abortion polls tell part of the story.
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On abortion and LGBT rights, states are getting more powerful. Will there be a backlash?
Will a reversal of Roe v. Wade, which would return the power to regulate abortion to the states, be popular with American voters and Catholic voters in particular? Not necessarily.
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What the Jan. 6 hearings could mean for the 2024 election—and the future of democracy
The defenders of democracy need a vision beyond opposition to Donald Trump.
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No confusion about a new poll: Most U.S. Catholics disagree with church leaders on abortion and L.G.B.T. issues
Last week saw the release of yet another poll suggesting that a majority of U.S. Catholics do indeed hold pro-choice views on abortion.
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In big cities, guns bring fear—not freedom
I can assure Texans that very few New Yorkers want to arm themselves to ride the subway, just as few teachers want to pack heat in the classroom.