Tim Reidy

By now I hope you have read Andrew Bacevich s excellent article on the U S campaign in Afghanistan from the current issue To hear from Professor Bacevich a widely respected military historian listen to this week s podcast Also in the March 29th issue George Anderson S J nbsp leads a conver

Lisa Miller s new book on Heaven comes out in two weeks and were happy to have one of the first interviews with the author Thanks to assistant editor Kerry Weber for leading this discussion of God and the afterlife with Miller the religion editor at Newsweek Listen to Kerry s interview with Lisa

I ve already called your attention to the latest edition of the America Book Club but two other Web-only features are also worth a look First our weekly archive selection comes from 2003 on the eve of the war in Iraq when Drew Christiansen S J assessed the state of the just war tradition in

Thanks to our friends at Pax Christi USA for calling our attention to the forthcoming release of the Obama administration s first Nuclear Posture Review Executive Director Dave Robinson reminds us of the critical issues at stake The congressionally mandated review will set the role nuclear weapons

Every few months I sit down with a colleague or friend of the magazine to discuss a book that may hold a special interest for America readers Usually a novel the books are chosen based their artistry and the ways in which–implicitly or explicitly–they address Catholic themes nbsp The most re

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Father Jim Martin–culture editor blogger for In All Things author of My Life with the Saints and regular guest on our podcast–is profiled today in USA Today Father Jim s new book A Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything come

This week online Father Jim Martin talks about his new book A Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything which is available for sale next Tuesday March 9 Listen to our conversation Plus our weekly In These Pages feature highlights an archive article from 1988 detailing the troubling trend toward p

This week online Bill McGarvey of BustedHalo returns to America to discuss this year s Oscar contenders with myself and culture editor Father Jim Martin Will Avatar triumph or can The Hurt Locker squeak out a surprise win What do Up and Up in the Air have to say about detachment and what

Robert Mickens the Tablet s prolific correspondent kindly sent us this special report from the Vatican on the much talked about meeting between the pope and the Irish bishops prompted by that church s widening sex abuse scandal ROBERT MICKENS Special to America ROME ndash Act I of a Vatican-o

New to the Web this week a slideshow of photographs depicting life in the the Mexican province of Oaxaca past and present Thanks to Robert Joe Stout author of iquest Adonde Vas Mexico Feb 22 for providing the pictures View the slideshow On this week s podcast Kathy Saile the director o