While Prohibition’s popularity would wane by the end of the decade because of its unintended consequences, at the time of its ratification and implementation, it enjoyed a fair amount of popular support. Except in the pages of America.
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From 1974: Why the President should be impeached
In the July 27, 1974 issue of America, the editors laid out the ground rules and implications of the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon.
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1966: What ‘The Trouble With Angels’ gets wrong about nuns and convents
It is frighteningly easy to get nuns all wrong on the screen.
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From 1945: ‘The Bells of St. Mary’s’ is a gift to religious sisters
I’ve always wanted to give something to the sisters, and wish I had been able to give “The Bells of St. Mary’s.”
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Former congressman Robert Drinan, S.J., on human rights in China
From 1991: The White House’s attitude toward human rights in China goes contrary to the basic policies of the United States on human rights.
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Avery Dulles on women and the priesthood (from 1996)
Responses to 10 of the principal objections that are commonly raised against the Catholic Church’s teaching on the ordination of women.
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From 1959: A review of the Doris Day film ‘Pillow Talk’
The actress and singer Doris Day died on May 13, 2019, at the age of 97.
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An interview with Jean Vanier
A 1992 interview with Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche.
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How would Catholic media cover Jack and Jill falling down? A thought experiment
From 1977: How Catholic journals covered the perilous journey of Jack and Jill up that treacherous hill in 1977.
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The Jesuit seminarian who was on board the Titanic
It may be news to some that there was a Jesuit on board and that he got off the ship at the last possible stop before its end. Some Jesuit-observers may comment: “Isn’t that typical?”