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Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
In All Things
Jim McDermott
It s not that uncommon in parliamentary politics to have a party leader replaced nbsp In fact Australia s Liberal Party has replaced its leader four times in the last three years nbsp Far less common is the replacement of a prime minister in this way nbsp In a remarkable turns of events toda
Film
Jim McDermott

Why do so many films disappoint the second time around?

In All Things
Jim McDermott
On this day 18 years ago Dan Quayle famously misspelled potato leading the 12-year-old child whom he corrected to later comment to David Letterman I know he s not an idiot but he needs to study more Do you have to go to college to be vice president Garrison Keillor has the story at the bot
In All Things
Jim McDermott
P op Quiz for new parents how much will it cost you to raise your newborn nbsp According to a government study released last week and reported on Planet Money NPR rsquo s finance blog ldquo a middle-income two-parent family will spend 222 360 on average to raise a baby born in 2009 rdq
In All Things
Jim McDermott
Eureka Street the Australian Jesuits online magazine has an disturbing article this week about the increase in violence towards women in bordertown Juarez Mexico as an indirect result of the North American Free Trade Agreement nbsp Since the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA was sig
In All Things
Jim McDermott
Today in the category of ldquo Things I Wish My Fellow Midwesterners Wouldn rsquo t Say Because it Gives My Friends Too Much Ammunition rdquo Democratic Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson has reported that he has never used an ATM machine nbsp That rsquo s right nbsp In an article posted in the Oma
Film
Jim McDermott

At the heart of “Kick-Ass” lies a fulsome rage directed at apathy and cowardice.

In All Things
Jim McDermott
Andrew Hamilton S J offers an unflinching and intriguing take on the Catholic abuse crisis seen through the perspective of Easter this week in Eureka Street the Australian Jesuits online magazine The stories of sexual abuse throughout the Catholic world are not a distraction from Easter If w
In All Things
Jim McDermott
So the other day I m watching TV and up comes one of those Sprint commercials -- you know the ones where everything is either white black or yellow and there s that quirky uptempo music in the background and we re meeting different adults who are pretty much acting like they re 15 again Usu
In All Things
Jim McDermott
The last time I heard tell of an island or institution for the criminally insane it was in a Batman comic book Wouldn t you know it the Joker was on the loose again In truth the territory of insanity and mental institutions has produced some great cinematic works over the years among