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Article Poetry: Eight Distillations “He talked of nothingness until it wasn’t. / He bragged his gravity into God.” By Christian Wiman January 24, 2018 Poetry Spirituality
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Article Time to Take Responsibility Lawmakers must prevent the White House from drawing us into another war By The Editors January 23, 2018 Donald Trump War and Peace Middle East Domestic Affairs Editorial Terrorism
Article Our Old, Harsh Immigration Laws Are New Again As Congress looks to overhaul immigration, they are just extending old injustices By Paul Moses January 22, 2018 Domestic Affairs Immigration Donald Trump
Article ‘Brideshead’ Revisited & Revised Evelyn Waugh initially disregarded the critics of his best-known novel, but the more popular his novel became, the more his reservations grew By Robert Murray Davis January 22, 2018 Books Movies Secularism and Modernity
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Article The Backlash Against Meanness Look to Wisconsin for proof that voters are tired of ‘us versus them’ politics By E. J. Dionne Jr. January 17, 2018 Donald Trump Domestic Affairs Columnists
Article Don’t Over-Spiritualize ‘Temptation’ When we pray to be spared temptation, we’re asking for something very practical By Nicholas Frankovich January 17, 2018 Pope Francis Spirituality Theology Liturgy
Article Profits First, Workers Last The numbers don’t lie: tax cuts for the rich don’t lead to higher wages By Charles R. Morris January 17, 2018 Economy Domestic Affairs Social Justice
Article How to Survive Trump Three proud progressives trace the historical roots of the Trump phenomenon to the collapse of a shared sense of national purpose By R. Scott Appleby January 16, 2018 Donald Trump Domestic Affairs Books
Poetry Two Poems “A slow release / will always leave the one who authored you afraid” By Steven Toussaint January 15, 2018 Poetry
Article Late-Night TV Turns Political A dangerously unserious president has put our professional joke-tellers in a serious mood By Celia Wren January 13, 2018 Media Donald Trump Domestic Affairs Television
