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Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
When you think about Walmart and the deep dark cave of crazy that is Black Friday you can rsquo t help but recall mayhem and violence mdash mobs rushing the store in the middle of the night fighting one another for toys and video game consoles even pulling knives or guns nbsp Over the last ten
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Podcast investigates case of Baltimore teen convicted of killing his girlfriend in 1999.
The water irrigation pipes in the dry Southern California farmland.(Courtesy Shutterstock)
Signs Of the Times
Jim McDermott
If you have been paying any attention to California news lately, you’ve heard about the state’s devastating three-year drought: counties worth of farms decimated, whole towns without water and government officials proposing emergency legislation. This year has been thus far the driest ye
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Lottos do give money to schools. That doesn't mean they're worth it.
BEFORE THE FALL. Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in "Gone Girl."
Film
Jim McDermott
The dark depths of ‘Gone Girl’
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
It probably would not surprise anyone to hear that one of the biggest stories in the video gaming industry right now involves men not knowing how to properly treat women But what exactly that entails will almost certainly stun you In 2013 a video game developer named Zoe Quinn released a choose-you
In All Things
Jim McDermott
Dispatch from Los Angeles
InterVarsity Spokesperson Greg Jao
Signs Of the Times
Jim McDermott
IntraVarsity student says groups should be led members "representative of that religion.”
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
This week the church rsquo s Extraordinary Synod on the Family begins its deliberations on ldquo the pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization rdquo nbsp Coincidentally the weekend also saw the opening of ldquo Gone Girl rdquo one of the most provocative and disturbi
In All Things
Jim McDermott
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship organizations in the massive 23 campus 450 000 student California State University system have been brought under new rules by which many of them may be ldquo de-recognized rdquo as official student groups The change comes as a result of the C S U rsquo s 2011