Of Many Things

Once again the fate of the president’s signature domestic achievement is in the hands of the chief justice of the United States. That was clear enough last week when the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of King v. Burwell, the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act of 2010.

Rather conveniently, the phrase “off with his head” contains fewer than 140 characters.

America Press, the publisher of America magazine, has a new name: America Media.

Institute for the United States Senate will provide much-needed lesson in civic education.

Past editors were no mere chroniclers of The Troubles but active participants as well.

The media frequently ask if the church is still relevant in the modern world. This is my response.

A tale of two speeches: recalling Mario Cuomo’s approaches to poverty and abortion

Standing for the Unborn: The Society of Jesus’ commitment to a consistent ethic of life

Last month marked the 51st anniversary of the “Decree on the Means of Social Communication,” (“Inter Mirifica”), promulgated by the Second Vatican Council. In that document the council fathers considered how social communications “contribute greatly to the enlargement o