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February 2021

v.148 n.2

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Sorry for Your Loss

Paul J. Griffiths’s latest book focuses on regret and repentance.

By Jonathan Malesic

February 27, 2021

Theology

Books

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One by Fire, One by Prayer

A chance encounter with a fellow traveler leads to a reflection on the nature of service.

By Nicole d’Entremont

February 16, 2021

Spirituality

The Last Word

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Enemies Without. Enemy Within?

Who poses a greater threat to American freedom: the SVR or Silicon Valley?

By Andrew J. Bacevich

February 15, 2021

Politics

Russia

Technology

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The Pascal of the North

A philosopher’s lifelong meditation on faith

February 14, 2021

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‘The Miracle of Everything’

Living with a rare heart condition led Gabriel Brownstein to chart the advances in coronary medicine over the centuries.

By Rand Richards Cooper

February 12, 2021

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Béisbol, Baseball, and ‘Bad Hombres’

A Showtime documentary uses baseball to highlight contemporary border issues. But béisbol has always been a migration narrative on its own terms.

By Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández

February 11, 2021

Movies

Sports

Immigration

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Going to Extremes

What does it mean to take empathy seriously?

By John Paul Rollert

February 8, 2021

Politics

Arts

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On Papal Populism

Pope Francis’s new book offers a vision for a politics rooted in solidarity.

February 7, 2021

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Servant of Memory

Remembering the remarkable storyteller, Barry Lopez

February 5, 2021

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The Past Catches up with Postmodernism

How to write postmodern fiction about a world gone postmodern?

By Adam Fleming Petty

February 3, 2021

Fiction

Politics

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A People, Not an Army

There is no camouflaging our fragility when it comes to the pandemic.

By Susan Bigelow Reynolds

February 2, 2021

Coronavirus

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Vaccine Delays

An uneven vaccine rollout reveals the price of failing to invest in public health.

February 1, 2021

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All Will Be Well

When facing the problem of evil, we must start where we are: in the thick of it.

By Denys Turner

January 31, 2021

Theology

Spirituality

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A Dangerous Confusion

The vaccine controversy raises a larger question: How do we evaluate the present use of benefits derived from past evils?

By David Cloutier

January 28, 2021

Coronavirus

U.S. Catholicism

Article

A Failed Auction

Trump’s last-minute auction to lease Alaska’s coastal plain for oil drilling failed miserably.

January 25, 2021

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Thinking Latinly

Through his renowned Latin classes, Fr. Reginald Foster taught students new ways to understand time and connect with others.

By Cathleen Kaveny

January 25, 2021

Literature

Philosophy

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Convict Him

The Senate has a duty to convict Trump for willfully inciting an attack on our democratic institutions.

By The Editors

January 21, 2021

Donald Trump

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COVID Fatigue

“We do what we are supposed to do, walk the stage, say our lines. But the reality is that, even if we hit our marks, many of our patients will not survive.”

By Ebtesam Attaya Islam

January 14, 2021

Coronavirus

Death and Dying

Health Care

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Warnock’s Way

Rev. Raphael Warnock’s victory shows how a new moral majority—multiracial and interfaith—can begin to reclaim faith from the grip of reactionary white Christians.

January 11, 2021

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Looking Down from the High Ground

Barack Obama’s memoir is written with admirable clarity and attention to detail, but is weighed down by its tone.

January 1, 2021

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Poem | Revelation Hymn

To regather will, I embrace / my tin soul with timorous joy.

By A. M. Juster

January 28, 2021

Poetry

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Poem | There and Here

Once, before I was born, my father bought a house./ Our home on a hill at the edge of the woods

By Marjorie Power

January 28, 2021

Poetry

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Poem | Industry

Brooklyn-bound bridge flight: / copper statue’s slanting arm, / cranes of gray Bayonne

By John Linstrom

January 28, 2021

Poetry

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Poem | Ash Wednesday

ashes proclaim this day of dust / a beginning / and a consummation / marking us with His dark, sacred solidarity

By Sr. Lou Ella Hickman

January 28, 2021

Poetry

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My forehead is an unfurled name. I will always be warm with his body I bore like a mother.

Poem | Rood Riddle

By Pete Green

January 27, 2021

Poetry

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Poem | Potato Setting

The sun floats up, and stops. / The magpie waits to be two. The sparrow hides // beside the mailbox on its iron post, hedge / nailed together by thorns.

By Michael Cadnum

January 27, 2021

Poetry

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Books in Brief

The editors read nonfiction about the American land, untold stories of undocumented workers, and a new perspective on how Christians might view Muhammad.

By The Editors

January 27, 2021

Books in Brief

Nonfiction

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Following the voice of the Catholic hierarchy, I now realize, caused me to vote for some poor candidates who did damage to our body politic.

Letters | Leading by Example

By The Editors

January 26, 2021

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