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BROTHERS? A fraternity initiation at an unidentified college
In All Things
March 31, 2015
Any partial “reform” would violate the very raison d’etre of Greek life.
In All Things
March 26, 2015
Why should I care about Sweet Briar College whether it lives or dies The press cares mdash The New York Times Washington Post the Chronicle of Higher Education and a score of blogs have barked its tearful story because of shrinking enrollment this beautiful all women rsquo s little Liberal Ar
In All Things
February 11, 2015
It all started with Richard Harding Davis the 1890s to World War I Hearst war correspondent-novelist-playwright so famous that it was said that wars were not allowed to start until he arrived mdash so rich earning as much as 3 000 a month handsome and well dressed even for battle that he repr
In All Things
February 02, 2015
For a lot of reasons I had put off seeing ldquo American Sniper rdquo The thought of two hours watching a guy with a beard rifle and telescopic sight on a rooftop gain honor and fame by bumping off a minimum of 160 men women and children would neither entertain me nor make me love my country mo
In All Things
January 20, 2015
I recently received a notice that the last week in January will be known as ldquo National School Choice Week rdquo Centered in Florida the celebration would spread throughout the country with 11 000 events in 50 states the largest in U S history in order to ldquo shine a positive spotlight
"The American River Ganges," Harper’s Weekly, September, 1871 by Thomas Nast.
In All Things
January 12, 2015
After the attack in Paris, is the pen still mightier?
OVER THERE. The author, front left, with other members of the 62nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Batallion during maneuvers near Mannheim, Germany.
Faith in Focus
December 23, 2014
Raymond A. Scroth, S.J., on finding his vocation in uniform
In All Things
December 23, 2014
“Leviathan” is a sweeping condemnation of Russian economic and political life.
Of Other Things
November 25, 2014
Richard Ford has never written a frivolous word. So the title of his latest four related novellas, Let Me Be Frank With You (Harper Collins), should not be dismissed. It is the fourth of the Frank Bascombe series, about a sportswriter turned real estate agent. Beginning with The Sportswriter (1986),
John Carroll, former Jesuit and first American bishop
November 24, 2014
This is the final installment of a three-part story. Part I, "French Jesuits in New Orleans," is available here; you can read Part II, "The Maryland Plantation Jesuits," here.  Along with his other obligations of bringing discipline and direction to the struggling