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Jim McDermott writes about pop culture at jimmcdermott.substack.
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
Today the chances of selling a Christian-themed, anti-commercialism Christmas special would seem just as slim as they were in the 1960s.
The Man Down Under? The Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, addressing the luncheon © Knowledge Society 2015. Photograph by Rick Stevens.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
Members of Mr. Turnbull’s government have taken to sounding downright Trumpian in recent days.
Politics & Society
Margot PattersonKevin E. StuartJane Sloan PetersCecilia González-AndrieuC. C. PecknoldJim McDermott
A majority of Catholics—52 percent—voted for Mr. Trump.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
“We are not going to engage in law enforcement activities solely based on someone’s immigration status."
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
“You made me. You live with me.”
A man prays before dinner in 2014 at the Guadalupanos Homeless Project in Los Angeles. (CNS photo/David Maung, EPA)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
Under Proposition HHH, nearly $1.2 billion would go toward 10,000 “permanent supportive housing” units.
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
The afterlife. For as long as we have been around, we have fashioned stories about how you get there, who lives there and what happens when you arrive.
Arts & CultureCulture
Jim McDermott
With a sense of itself as the future of humanity, Facebook proves to be no ordinary company. When you’ve got a billion users, Martínez points out, it doesn’t matter if your advertising model is enormously flawed.
FaithIn All Things
Jim McDermott
As a Catholic priest, you can count on people to be curious about two things in your life: celibacy and confessions.
The winning proposal from Tom Wiscombe Architecture/Orange Barrel Media imagines "a vertically-oriented, three-dimensional Media Monolith," simulated above.
Arts & CultureDispatches
Jim McDermott
A drive along Sunset can be a startling experience, each turn in the road presenting another movie star smiling down from on high.