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No One Is in Control

We need experts. But they can no more deliver us from the threat of epidemic disease than they can be blamed for it.

March 17, 2023

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Still Supporting the Local Paper

It is no secret that local newspapers have struggled mightily in the age of digital media. Paul Baumann explains why he continues to support his local paper in 2023.

By Paul Baumann

March 17, 2023

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Christians and the Torah

Edward Feld’s commentary on the Pentateuch draws insights from books of the Torah that are often overlooked.

By David Neuhaus, SJ

March 16, 2023

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March 2023

Hot & Bothered

On this episode, journalist Jake Bittle explains how sea-level rise, extreme heat, and water scarcity are already forcing thousands of Americans from their homes.

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On Tradition and the Passion Play

How a Bavarian village’s once-a-decade Passion play became a wrenching, intimate, sometimes chaotic psychological theo-drama

By Susan Bigelow Reynolds

March 15, 2023

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The Case for Social Housing

The crisis of affordable housing is a result of political choices, not economic laws.

March 15, 2023

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Why Does Francis Focus on Migration?

Pope Francis is the greatest advocate on the world stage for migrants and refugees. For him, the issue is personal.

March 11, 2023

Must Reads

Politics

Donald Trump's New York

Maggie Haberman's book shows how Donald Trump’s New York experience set the context for his odd and sometimes dangerous presidential style.

By Paul Moses

February 20, 2023

Religion

The Anti-Francis Gatekeepers

The death of Cardinal Pell exposed conservative Catholic efforts to secure the reversal of the Francis agenda at the next conclave.

By Austen Ivereigh

January 27, 2023

Culture

Alone in the City

Edward Hopper’s paintings created a New York that conformed to the contours of his own life. His lonely characters strike a familiar chord for any city dweller.

By Robert Rubsam

February 9, 2023