Father Michael Place has just posted his response to our readers comments on his article A Time for Reform You can read them here by scrolling down to comment 15 A taste In reading the comments posted to date on my article I am impressed by how they seem to reprise some of what has been said i

There are probably many things that separated former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick rsquo s experiences of the criminal justice and corrections systems from that of the 2 2 million Americans currently incarcerated and the seven million more either awaiting sentencing or serving probation

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Cambridge MA Six weeks ago I told you that I was off to India for five weeks of travel teaching lectures buying some books meeting old friends I termed it a quiet summer mdash since I was doing exactly what I wanted to do And so it was To make amends for my weeks of silence I now offer a

I do not remember the editorship of Michael Kelly at the New Republic in the fondest terms I did not like his biases and I was glad when he left the magazine even though I would be saddened a couple of years later when he was killed covering the war in Iraq Kelly did one thing however in the lat

Gentle Reader I am on vacation nbsp Yes here in the wilds of Cohasset Massachusetts a town on the South Shore pronounced South Shaw of Boston at a large rambling house owned by the Jesuit Community of Boston College along with many other young and young ish Jesuits nbsp The bluff