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No More Nukes?

May 4, 2015

Vol. 212 / No. 15

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Books
Thomas MurphyApril 22, 2015

'Massacre,' by John Merriman

Books
Frank BrennanApril 22, 2015

'The Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis and the Legal Responses,' by James T. O'Reilly

TOUCH UP. On location for “Zero Dark Thirty”
Film
Jim McDermottApril 22, 2015

What biopics get right

Poetry

The lady of the cleanersdoesn’t care.She really doesn’t care.She writes your fatein a steamed infernoand presses with despair.Three pins in mouth—Judas, Cassius, Brutus,—she greets you lowand points with tail,like Cerberus,to where the stainedand spotted go.“Come again,

The Word
John W. MartensApril 22, 2015

In the Talking Heads song ldquo Once in a Lifetime rdquo the refrain repeats over and over ldquo Same as it ever was same as it ever was rdquo Whether the refrain is meant to reflect the constancy of sameness or the inevitability of change is an open question There is in life a tension b

Politics & Society Columns
James T. KeaneApril 22, 2015

Archbishop Oscar Romero had as many enemies in death as in life.

Human trafficking survivors carry offertory gifts to altar at during Mass at national shrine.
Current Comment
The EditorsApril 22, 2015

Senate passed human trafficking bill held up for months by partisan fight over abortion