Rather than being a recent outcropping of American pop culture at its most vulgar, “Wheel of Fortune” is arguably our clearest survival of classical civilization.
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Remember, those who were once called ‘other,’ are now called ‘American.’
On St. Patrick’s Day, we celebrate our Irish heritage and our good fortune to be Americans. The success of America is the result of the work of people from every part of the world–of different backgrounds, religions and languages, coming together, committed not to a race or a religion but to an ideal. This is […]
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Fr. James Martin: Hate confession? Here’s why you should reconsider.
“If you had a bad experience with a physician, would you would never see a physician again?”
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What has Pope Francis taught us 4 years into his papacy?
Pope Francis reminds us to get back to basics in a way that is desperately needed.
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America, be beautiful: To love our nation does not mean to love it blindly
We have not loved our nation in spite of its flaws—too often we have covered over those flaws and allowed them to grow.
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Becoming a Sunday Crybaby: How I rediscovered the beauty of Mass
I might have come in wounded, but during Mass I am healed and made whole.
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Social media can revolutionize the church, but only if we use it correctly.
We have to find ways of speaking to those outside our community of agreement not just through new media but in new ways.
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Women hold the keys to making Washington work again.
Do not expect a return to the days when comity could be coaxed with a little (or a lot) of bourbon and branch.