A Kinsley gaffe named for writer Michael Kinsley who coined the term is when a politician inadvertently says the truth what he or she really thinks but it lands them in hot water So when then-candidate Barack Obama made his remark about people who cling to their guns and religion he commit

I recently learned of Dr Maureen O Brien s timely and important research project and have her permission to put a call for interested persons here on the America magazine blog Dr O Brien Duquesne is in the process of gathering together a group of Catholic lay ecclesial ministers for theologica

Pundits have mused that Al Gore needs to produce an imperative sequel to his documentary An Inconvenient Truth In this second version he would explain why mdash given the great even overwhelming convergence among scientists on the primarily human caused global warming--so few people seem to r

In a Letter to the Editor of The London Tablet Ladislas Orsy S J professor of canon law at Georgetown University has weighed in on the excommunication of Sister Margaret Mary McBride and has declared it based on canon law null and void nbsp The Tablet has graciously provided us with the

I know that some people do not like the terms rightwing and leftwing In some cases such terms are imprecise and you could write a doctoral dissertation on their use and misuse Such terms also depend on the context for example what we call conservative economics here in the U S is generally

This week we are happy to feature numerous online exclusives Two are worth special mention Douglas W Kmiec writes movingly about his father s death in the June 21-28 issue of America On this week s podcast he reflects on the pope s trip to Malta where Kmiec serves as U S ambassador Listen to