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Waterfront Priests

Jim Fisher is a professor of history at Fordham University and author of the forethcoming On The Irish Waterfront In the latest video produced by americamagazine org Jim reports from the banks of the Hudson River in New York City where he tells the story of the Jesuit labor priests and the making

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Father Place Responds

Father Michael Place has just posted his response to our readers comments on his article A Time for Reform You can read them here by scrolling down to comment 15 A taste In reading the comments posted to date on my article I am impressed by how they seem to reprise some of what has been said i

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Budd Schulberg, RIP

Budd Schulberg the famed author of What Makes Sammy Run and the screenplay for On the Waterfront passed away yesterday at the age of 92 Jim Fisher professor of Catholic studies at Fordham University and author of the upcoming book On the Irish Waterfront offers an appreciation of Budd s li

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Doug Kmiec on Stem Cells

In case you missed it on our home page here is Douglas W Kmiec s insightful essay on stem cells and church teaching Among the questions Professor Kmiec addresses is where the line of personhood should be drawn Scientists and ethicists challenge the pro-life office rsquo s proposition that the

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Abp. Quinn Letter to Obama

On the eve of his visit to Notre Dame Archbishop John R Quinn formerly of San Francisco has sent a letter to Barack Obama offering a different voice from the often strident outcries over his appearance America has received a copy of the letter which we reprint below April 24 2009The Presi

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Empathy and the Supreme Court

In case you haven t noticed it yet we ve just posted a Web-only article by Pepperdine law professor Douglas W Kmiec on the search for a new Supreme Court Justice In The Case for Empathy Kmiec addresses the conservative idealogues who see empathy as merely a code word for abortion rights or o

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