Inexpert Witness Re “Stand Your Ground,” by the editors (4/16): Nobody really knows what happened that night in Sanford, Fla., yet you assert that Trayvon Martin’s offense was “to be a black youth delivering a bag of Skittles.” The editors do not concede that there is c

Cosmic Conversation Adam D. Hincks is certainly correct to say that modern cosmology gives no new theological insight into questions of origins and bigness (“Wonders of the Universe,” 4/16). But it does raise two intriguing theological questions. The first is easy: With whom might we spe

Quiet Too Long Re “A Voice in the Wilderness,” by Raymond A. Schroth, S.J. (4/2): J Street is a miniscule Jewish organization philosophically opposed by the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee. To give this face-off some perspective, in 2006 two distinguished political scientists, J

Walk the Walk Re “Engaging the Spirituals” (3/26) by Drew Christiansen, S.J.: Many of my students are among the “spirituals”—“recovering Catholics” who are exploring world religions as a source for understanding their own spirituality It is not that the chur

Slathered in Sarcasm Bishop William Lori, instead of offering reasoned opposition to what he believes was a misguided editorial (“Policy, Not Liberty,” 3/5), slathers his response (“Letters,” 3/19) with sarcasm. He has served neither himself nor his cause well. Lathering sarc

Pray Before the Mystery Re “Staying Civil” by Bishop Blase Cupich (3/5): However much the Catholic Church is convinced of the righteousness of its own position on the right to life of the unborn, such conviction—as I myself am convinced—cannot be imposed on the secular politi