Voices
Michael J. O’Loughlin is national correspondent at America and author of Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.
In All Things
Politicians addressing their own religiosity is nothing new in this country for sure President John F Kennedy had to promise that his public policy would not be unduly influenced by his Roman Catholic faith which was seen as threatening to the American read WASP way of life in the 1960s More r
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In this Sunday rsquo s New York Times magazine political reporter Mark Leibovich profiles the meteoric rise of America rsquo s favorite fear monger Glenn Beck his colleague at FOX News Shepherd Smith once introduced Beck rsquo s program as ldquo the Fear Chamber rdquo Beck rsquo s ubiquity
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Check out the images by Eric Fischer that offer stark reminders that major American cities are still quite segregated Using data from the 2000 census Fischer uses colored dots to signify the majority ethincity of people in a given area Check out some examples below red is white blue is black g
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The latest issue of the Weekly Standard explores the ever-shrinking fertility rate in western countries and asks if the one-child policy is the latest Chinese import sweeping America The writer Jonathan V Last chronicles the implementation of China rsquo s policy and the potential economic and
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New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd continues her rant against a president she characterizes as an effete out of touch elitist who is willfully ignorant of the plights of the common person The column Myth and Madness begins as a discussion about Delaware s GOP nominee for Senate the much mali
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From the October issue of the Atlantic an exhaustive profile of America rsquo s most powerful Catholic politico Vice President Joe Biden Writer Mark Bowden chronicles Biden rsquo s ascendency to President Obama rsquo s inner circle highlighting his transformation over the last two years from gaf
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Back in 1990 Pope John Paul II issued Ex corde Ecclesiae a document that the late pontiff hoped would guide Roman Catholic universities and help them live out their Catholic identity In The Chronicle of Higher Education David B House looks back on the last twenty years of Catholic education wit
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A good film speaks to the depths of the human condition eliciting joy sorrow empathy disgust euphoria hope sadness angst or love It is the rare exceptional film that causes the viewer to experience more than only a couple of these emotions within the span of a two hours though often we c
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In Lyons France an impish figure is causing a rift between a conservative Christian group on one side and the rector of the Catholic Cathedral on the other According to France 24 a stonemason working on the renovation fashioned a gargoyle after his friend and longtime construction manager Ahmed
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From the Springfield Republican The athletic director at Cathedral High School Springfield MA lost her job this week saying she was pressured to leave after marrying her female partner in August Christine M Judd who served as athletic director and dean of students said she is no longer an e