As the poet Robert Burns once reminded us, the best laid plans are simply those: plans. In politics, plans are always changing to accommodate a political reality that in the information age can shift directions faster than a wildfire. This was certainly true on Sept. 26 during the first
To the Editors We are surprised and alarmed that America’s editors made numerous unauthorized changes to our article in the August 4-11 issue that explains the recent Response from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) on assisted feeding for patients diagnosed as being in a &ld
Good Fences, Good Neighbors Austen Ivereigh’s religious convictions may have colored his perception of the current reality faced by Israelis and Palestinians, and the impact that reality has on Bethlehem (“Bethlehem’s Wall,” 9/1). Ivereigh asserts that the separation barrier
Can a commitment to the common good heal a divided political culture?