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Editors Note: The following letters were published in America between September 1945 and November 1946. We share them here to honor the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  NEED FOR POSTWAR CONTROLSEDITOR : I regret not writing you earlier about the excellent ar
E. L. Doctorow, May 13, 2003
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Donald E. Pease
In recovering the cultural legacy of the Depression era, Doctorow has produced a book that promises to remain as permanent an addition to its culture as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Nagasaki, 1945. Photo: Shutterstock/ Everett Historical
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The Editors
What defense can there be, then, against the awful forces that have now been unleashed with the utter terror of the atomic bomb?
Fr. Ernest Ferlita S.J.
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Roger F. Repohl
Father Ferlita died in February.
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Gerard O’Connell
Even nowadays—or should I say especially nowadays?—the sight of two people very much in love still delights us. The world continues to love and make excuses for lovers. A truly great love story will fill the cinemas and top the list of best-sellers. Yet the modern world has come to belie
A nun waves a Vatican flag while attending Mass with Pope John Paul II in Havana Jan. 25, 1998.
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The Editors
Time has accomplished what a U.S.-supported invasion, a crushing economic embargo, the collapse of the Soviet Union and any number of external and internal catastrophes could not: the removal of Fidel Castro from direct control over the people of Cuba. Suffering from failing health, Castro has final