Franklin Roosevelt tried court packing in 1937. It was a bad idea then, and it is a bad idea now, Matt Malone, S.J. writes.
Of Many Things
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Books beyond imagining: an introduction to America’s 2020 Fall literary issue
Twice a year, America publishes special literary issues devoted in their entirety to the world of literature. In Fall Books 2020, a variety of authors and genres are explored, from fiction to poetry to biography and more.
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We need to recover the sense of fun in politics
Sixty years ago this October, a 13-car train pulled out of Union Station in Washington, D.C., headed south. It was the L.B.J. Special, named for its most important passenger, Lyndon B. Johnson, who was that year’s Democratic nominee for vice president of the United States.
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Another priest has been murdered in El Salvador. But there is still reason for hope.
An ambitious computer training program for at-risk youth seeks to be an engine for building a middle class for El Salvador.
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Matt Malone, S.J.: The church has no need to apologize for Paycheck Protection Program loans
The church in the United States is not a monolith. It is a network of affiliated but legally and financially independent institutions.
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The answers, er, questions to America Jeopardy 2020
Answer’s to 2020 “America Jeopardy!”, our annual beach-reading homage to the popular game show and everybody’s favorite Catholic magazine.
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This is Jeopardy 2020!
Welcome back to “America Jeopardy!”, our annual beach-reading homage to the popular game show and everybody’s favorite Catholic magazine.
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The evolution of ‘America’
This summer, America will shift to a monthly frequency, but our position in relation to the news cycle has not changed.
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Political polarization is distracting us from the real issues
During a time of political polarization, writes Matt Malone S.J., it is more often the serious business of governing that is a distraction—from the partisan combat that has become our all-consuming pastime.
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Coronavirus is a storm, but we must keep singing in the rain
Easter joy gives us the eyes to see those hints of eternity in the here and now, writes Matt Malone, S.J.