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Margot Patterson is a writer who lives in Kansas City, Mo.
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Margot Patterson
Peace seems no closer than it did before the Oslo Accord.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Margot Patterson
The trouble began when nine students at a weekend party played “Jews vs. Nazis” beer pong.
The Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Va. (iStock/jcarillet)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Margot Patterson
Probably most Americans can agree that Confederate monuments should never have been erected, but dismantling them is a different story for many citizens.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Margot Patterson
On Aug. 21, there will be a total solar eclipse and its path will fall across the entire continental United States.
FaithLast Take
Margot Patterson
It’s not just for the family. It’s for you.
Arts & CultureTheater
Margot Patterson
If the Greeks had Antigone, Americans have Dorothy Day.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Margot Patterson
The misclassification of government documents has caught people up in phony scandals costly to them and to the public at large.
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Margot Patterson
Famine has already been declared in parts of South Sudan; Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia are on the brink of it.
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Margot Patterson
Comparing the president to Putin, Hitler or the anti-Christ distracts from what is taking shape on the ground.
An election night rally in New York City Nov. 8. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyColumns
Margot Patterson
At the end of this election year, a time for silence seems sorely needed.