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July 21-28, 2014

Vol. 211 / No. 2

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Columns
Daniel P. HoranJuly 08, 2014

I have long wondered if a “stewardship” response to the environment is sufficient or even if it is correct.

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Current Comment
The EditorsJuly 08, 2014

Government efforts have shifted homeless from tourist spots to other parts of the city.

OVER THERE. Members of the 78th Division, including the author’s father (sixth from the right), receive awards in Bordeaux, France, May, 1919.
Politics & Society News

World War I stories include several about enemies who discovered one another’s humanity. On the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into the war, this is one.

Of Other Things
Bill McGarveyJuly 08, 2014

In combatting sexual assault on campus, is there a middle ground between “Just say no” and “Please sign here”?

Remembering Nigeria's missing girls
Signs Of the Times

Sudanese government authorities demolished the Church of Christ in Thiba Al Hamyida in North Khartoum on June 30 after giving the church’s leaders just 24 hours notice, evidence of increasing pressure in Sudan against minority Christians. · Six years after reaching a $10 million settlem

Father Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA
Signs Of the Times

Religious and civic leaders urged President Obama to include a religious exemption in the planned White House executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In a letter on July 1, the group of 14 faith leaders, including the Rev. Larr

HIGH FIVE TO FOUR. Pro-life demonstrators on June 30 outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington.
Signs Of the Times

‘Justice has prevailed,” said two U.S. archbishops, commenting on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Hobby Lobby case on June 30. The court determined that certain “closely held” private businesses can be exempted from a government requirement to include contraceptives in t