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‘What Can You Do?’

Traditional Catholic moral theology holds that only individuals can sin. But their choices are made within a matrix of structures, some good, others less so

September 20, 2018

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“Something is Changing”

Recent riots in Chemnitz suggest that the European bulwark that has long been Germany—penitent, pacifistic, profoundly liberal—is starting to wobble

By Rand Richards Cooper

September 19, 2018

Foreign Affairs

Immigration

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Her, Too

Young people need guidance to make choices about sex and love, but they won’t get it from a church that’s still telling girls they’re better off dead than raped

By Mollie Wilson O'Reilly

September 17, 2018

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Sexual-abuse Crisis

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September 21, 2018

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Social Democracy’s Looming Crisis

American progressives are disturbed that social democracy, one of the last century’s most humane political movements, is losing ground almost everywhere

September 17, 2018

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Manfred’s Tavern

Manfred’s Tavern was situated along a coast road in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx, and City Island, a fishing village, was closest to land

By Jay Neugeboren

September 15, 2018

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Bookmarks

Two debut novels take us from the quiet grace of Idaho to the neon glitz of New York City

By Anthony Domestico

September 14, 2018

Fiction

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Politics

A Crisis Gone to Waste

Any politician who believes that Washington has been too hard on Wall Street is mistaken, and should be firmly corrected by voters this November

By The Editors

September 18, 2018

Religion

Viganò’s ‘Testimony’

While the former nuncio’s incendiary claims have been largely discredited, Pope Francis still needs to articulate a path forward through the sex-abuse crisis

By The Editors

September 4, 2018