In anticipation of Bob Dylan s new album Together Through Life out at the end of the month author Bill Flanagan interviewed him for Times Online nbsp The interview covers everything under the sun and Dylan s as weird as ever but the nbsp chat is fascinating for its glimpses of how the

Playa del Rey trying to make it back to the glory days This story in today s Los Angeles Times is an interesting look at the neighborhood in Los Angeles which was developed in large part by Fritz B Burns about whom prepare for unfortunate self-promotion I wrote a book before I entered the Soc

First the NYPost has some photos up of this morning s U2 concert at Fordham University s Rose Hill campus nbsp You can see the slideshow here nbsp I have posted some other photos nbsp on the America fan page on Facebook Other observations 1 nbsp Bono s frontman skills remain undiminis

nbsp Hidden within a parenthesis deep in Matt Bai s profile of Newt Gingrich in last week s New York Times Magazine was the following bit of news A Baptist since graduate school Gingrich said he will soon convert to Catholicism his wife rsquo s faith Read it here nbsp

May we hope that all faiths can forever put behind them the use of censorship or violence against writers in the defense of religion.

The truth behind Robert C. Hartnett, S.J.'s ongoing battle with McCarthy is that in an era when attacking McCarthy was professional suicide, Hartnett did so repeatedly.

Robert Harrison is a Stanford-based radio personality who hosts a weekly program Entitled Opinions on the life of the mind nbsp Some recent guests on Entitled Opinions have been famous intellectuals and leaders nbsp including Rene Girard and Google s Vinton Cerf Yesterday December 2 Ha

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John LaFarge: a famous pioneer in the field of interracial justice and an editor of America for 37 years.

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