The Gunning of America points the problem of violence back on the gun industry.
Books
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Is democratic policing the answer to law enforcement abuses?
If we expect law enforcement personnel to do their jobs properly, radical change is necessary.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
How ‘The Defender’ both reported and made history in the African-American community.
The Defender was an essential community institution that shaped black ideas, politics and social life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Dispatches from America’s ethnic enclaves
Paul Moses reviews “City of Gods: Religious Freedom, Immigration and Pluralism in Flushing, Queens” and “Irish-American Autobiography: The Divided Hearts of Athletes, Priests, Pilgrims, and More.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
Confessions of an (unrepentant) book hoarder
I am an addict. I am a hoarder. I cannot give up books.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Inside the Cenacle
Thomas J. Scirghi, S.J. reviews “Meeting God in the Upper Room” by Msgr. Peter J. Vaghi.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Yitzhak Rabin: the spirit of Israel
The Israeli leader chose a path of peace and negotiation with the Palestinians.
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The problem of violence in the modern world
Killing Others provides an erudite yet accessible introduction to the origins and causes of ethnic violence.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
“Anne of Green Gables” becomes a gothic nightmare in Netflix’s “Anne With an E”
The new adaptation of “Anne of Green Gables” falls prey to the war on whimsy, the tired modern tactic of reworking the classics in order to make them “realistic.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A re-appreciation of Julian of Norwich’s ‘gospel of love’
‘Shewings’ is the first book ever written by a woman in the English language.