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Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
In All Things
Jim McDermott
Obama T-shirts 5 nbsp T-shirts 5 nbsp Get them now -- they re gonna be 10 tomorrow nbsp Obama T-shirts 5 nbsp How can there be VIP tickets to a free event It s lucky my father-in-law is not here nbsp If my father-in-law were here he would have those line jumpers han
In All Things
Jim McDermott
Obama s speech from Baltimore yesterday nbsp Here s a link to the transcript nbsp
In All Things
Jim McDermott
Slate com this morning reports on the news being reported around the country Among its offerings is Maureen Dowd s column in the New York Times today which nbsp compares the incoming president with the outgoing one nbsp One seems small and inconsequential even though he keeps insisting he
In All Things
Jim McDermott
On Saturday in DC I find myself being bombarded with statistics nbsp How many people will be here how many police how much it s costing nbsp Here s a first glance with due nod to Harper s Index nbsp 0 ndash Official cost of a ticket to attend the Swearing In of Barack Obama as Pr
In All Things
Jim McDermott
I arrived in Washington last night on a bus out of New York nbsp It was already dark as we entered the District of Columbia even inauguration weekend the road we took into the city gave little indication that we have just entered our nation rsquo s capitol nbsp It rsquo s just a congested tw
Jim McDermott

Writing about science fiction to a general audience is the kiss of death. The self-designated fanboys already know ten times more than you, and the rest of your audience, which unless you’re writing for Star Wars Insider or Wizard Magazine is most of your audience, wish you’d grow up.

Faith in Focus
Jim McDermott
Bing, Bowie and that catchy Christmas carol
The Good Word
Jim McDermott
T S Eliot and W B Yeats both wrote poems about the visit of the three kings They re notable for the stark challenges they pose Eliot s poem particularly in the last verse shows the whole world of the three kings challenged radically just by the birth of Jesus Yeats has them seeking the
In All Things
Jim McDermott
Yesterday the New York Times reported that a number of news staffs particularly CBS might call the election as early as 8pm Given the swing state polls that were closed by that time the CBS news staff reportedly was speculating that by then it might have all the information it needed On MSNBC
In All Things
Jim McDermott
OurVoteLive org has an ongoing tally of voter problems nbsp So far 33 545 reports have been made since Election Day began nbsp