Mr. Bush was onto something: While government has a role to play in the pursuit of the common good, our charitable and voluntary associations are similarly indispensable, and those who have a religious worldview have historically led the way.
US Politics
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Remembering the riddle, the mystery and the enigma that was Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was a complicated man who happened to be a conflicted man.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Of Many Things
No one should visit a presidential library expecting to see a balanced assessment.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Cokie Roberts, Catholic Woman in the Public Square
Cokie Roberts, political commentator for ABC News, has stood for more than four decades as a prominent Catholic woman in the public.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Paul Ryan: We can do better in the fight against poverty
Paul Ryan: There is a lot of untapped potential in this country; I have seen it firsthand.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Saving Gang Members from the Street? Q&A with Father Greg Boyle, SJ
Father Greg Boyle S J is an American Jesuit priest who works with Los Angeles street gangs as the founding director of Homeboy Industries in California nbsp Before founding Homeboy Industries as a non-profit ministry to his neighborhood rsquo s predominantly Hispanic gang members in 2001 Father
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Watergate, S.J.: Three Jesuits and the downfall of a president
By the spring of 1973, the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., had become a sensation but not yet an obsession.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Novak’s Travels
Michael Novak’s autobiography is another remarkable American success story.
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A President for Peace: The deadly consequences of J.F.K.’s attempts at reconciliation
The day President John F. Kennedy was murdered, a Divine Word seminarian walked up the hill to our family’s apartment in Rome to tell my wife Sally and me the terrible news. Seeking wisdom, I wrote Dorothy Day.
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An interview with Fay Vincent: The transcript
We have transcribed our interview with Former MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent on the morality of baseball. You can listen to the interview here or read it below.