At the End of Life: Are feeding tubes now obligatory?
Are feeding tubes now obligatory?
Our Moral Duty in Iraq: How would U.S. withdrawal affect the Iraqi people?
Last year 14 Catholic Democrats sent a letter about Iraq to the U.S. Catholic bishops. After citing church leaders just war arguments against the original intervention, Tim Ryan, Rosa DeLauro, Marcy Kaptur and their colleagues concluded that it is time to seek an end to this injustice. They urged th
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Who is America's patron saint?
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Legalese What a pity that your otherwise intelligent, if somewhat idealistic editorial Migration, the Larger Picture (1/7) was marred by a final bit of unworthy wordplay. Of course there are no such people as illegal people, but there are millions of noncitizens who are in this country illegally, an
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A Voice for the Poor?
The withdrawal of former Senator John Edwards from the Democratic primary field following his third-place finish in his native South Carolina deprives the national political debate of an uncommon degree of honesty and intelligence. Early in the campaign, contrary to conventional political practice,
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The Ebb and Flow of Faith
I glanced at the clock on the small table between the bed and the rocking chair: 6:45 a.m. It was Saturday of Labor Day weekend, but every day felt drowned in the monotony of motherhood. The baby would need to be nursed soon. I rolled onto my back to say my morning rule of prayer,…
A Dish Best Served Cold: The musical ‘Sweeney Todd’
Tim Burtons Sweeney Todd, a wicked, bloody triumph of filmmaking, has caught the attention of both critics and audiences and has received numerous nominations and awards. There are, however, a couple of things one should know before buying a ticket. First, it is a musical, which neither the advertis
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Two Parts of Four Million
As the 150th anniversary of the Civil War approaches we also anticipate the 75th anniversary of a remarkable transformation in the historiography of the abolition of American slavery In the late 1930s the Works Progress Administration decided to conduct interviews with the last surviving former s
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'Classics for Pleasure,' reviewed
A Shameful Heritage
While Thomas Norman DeWolf 8217 s 18-chapter memoir Inheriting the Trade accomplishes an artful merging of historical explication with biography and travelogue not until Chapter 16 does the author 8217 s central thesis emerge Only then when DeWolf informs readers of his own abuse of privilege
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Spiritual Thirst
“Where then can we get this living water?”
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A Cautionary Tale: ‘How readily we conform ourselves to deformities and distortions of our lives and our world.’
How readily we conform ourselves to deformities and distortions
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Current Comment
An Upside of Dynasty The United States has been well served by dynasties in both parties throughout its history and continues to be. Note the Romneys, the Dodds and the Kennedys. And consider the Udalls. In 1880 David King Udall established a Mormon community in St. Johns, Ariz., where the family se
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Spiritual Thirst
“Where then can we get this living water?”
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C.R.S. Will Not Leave Despite Tension in Kenya A church aid worker said Catholic aid agencies in Kenya will not evacuate their staff, but he expressed concern over the increasing insecurity across the country. “We will continue to keep a close eye on security issues and take action accordingl
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