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A World without the West

To pretend that something called the West continues to play an organizing role in international politics is to indulge in a vast self-deception

By Andrew J. Bacevich

March 5, 2019

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The Coming Populist Showdown

Successful Democratic candidates will be unapologetic in their embrace of multiracial democracy and just as fierce in their denouncement of plutocrats

March 4, 2019

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Shrouded Figures

A visit to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington occasions reflections not only on how we see, but who we think is worth seeing

February 5, 2019

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Nope to Hope

Ta-Nahisi Coates argues that racism–more than class, non-voters, stupidity, and unemployment–is fundamental to Trump’s victory

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

November 20, 2017

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The Democrats’ Religion Problem

A survey shows the sharp contrast between how Republicans and Democrats treat religion

By Paul Moses

July 13, 2017

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Secularism and Modernity

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The Unnamed Behemoth

“The evolving edifice of public intellectualism,” according to Michael C. Desch, rests on a foundation whose cement seems to be returning to sand

By Eric Miller

May 8, 2017

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The Coming Populist Showdown

Successful Democratic candidates will be unapologetic in their embrace of multiracial democracy and just as fierce in their denouncement of plutocrats

By Sam Adler-Bell

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Why I Left the Church...and Returned

The Catholic Church today is in crisis. But it is not the hierarchy alone who belong in sackcloth and ashes, begging forgiveness; all of us must become penitents.

By Kathleen Hill

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Giving Up Extremes

As Lent approaches, I’ve been in a state of spiritual anxiety over the inevitable renunciation that the season demands. God wants harmonious balance, not excess

By Nicole-Ann Lobo

March 3, 2019