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Who Is More Catholic than Whom?

To hear cries from conservatives, you’d think emails released by WikiLeaks show Hillary Clinton’s campaign to be anti-Catholic. In truth, they show something else.

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

October 17, 2016

Election 2016

U.S. Catholicism

Domestic Affairs

Columnists

Article

Credibility Gap?

The rationale for sticking with Donald Trump illuminates how practicing single-issue politics damages the credibility of the prolife movement.

By John Gehring

October 13, 2016

Article

You'll Feel a Little Pinch

The system may very well not be working in patients’ best interests. But we certainly shouldn’t count on drug companies to lead the way.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

October 11, 2016

Article

It Still Takes a Village

If the hollowness of the 1990s opened up a space for one kind of communitarian moment, perhaps the bewilderment of today is the occasion for another, different kind.

By Russell Arben Fox

October 10, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Economy

Secularism and Modernity

Social Justice

Article

'The Fractured Republic'

Yuval Levin attributes our political frustration to “nostalgias” of Left and Right baby boomers. His book is worth examination; his framework suffers exaggerations.

By Peter Steinfels

October 6, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Books

Article

Paul Ryan, Laudato Si', and the Paris Climate Accord

Paul Ryan and Pope Francis disagree on how climate change will impact the poor.

By Paul Moses

October 5, 2016

Article

Summoned

When the summons for jury duty came, I was more than a little excited to see how the system actually worked in real life. The experience did not disappoint.

By Christopher M. Duncan

October 5, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Economy

Article

Women & Children First

What are some signs of the times that a child-centered politics must address? One critical sign, I propose, is the changing role of the father.

By Bernard G. Prusak

October 5, 2016

Article

'Making the Unipolar Moment'

In 'Making the Unipolar Moment,' Hal Brands reinterprets received wisdom about American foreign relations in the dreary 1970s.

By Regina Munch

October 4, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

War and Peace

Article

'Tribe'

Does the PTSD epidemic among American soldiers stem less from experiences in combat than from what soldiers encounter when they return home?

By Andrew J. Bacevich

October 4, 2016

Article

The Tim & Mike Show

By Rand Richards Cooper

October 3, 2016

Election 2016

U.S. Catholicism

Domestic Affairs

Article

My Final Thought in the Voting Booth

By MICHAEL PEPPARD

September 30, 2016

Contraception mandate

Article

Feeding the Economy, Starving Society

For many who work, their employment is precarious to the point of affecting their housing opportunities, marriage and family decisions, and general peace of mind.

By Mohammad Qadeer

September 29, 2016

Article

Trump's Suburban Problem

A Trump who exudes sexism, traffics in racism, and exhibits indifference to facts may turn off the better educated, suburban voters his party needs.

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

September 29, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Columnists

Article

Trump's Bad Criminology

By Dominic Preziosi

September 28, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Social Justice

Article

Voting for People, Not Just Policies

The U.S. bishops' 'Faithful Citizenship' has turned out to be irrelevant to the most pressing moral and practical questions raised by the 2016 presidential contest.

By Cathleen Kaveny

September 26, 2016

Article

Catholics, Muslims, & Nativism

A disturbing level of Catholic insularity is perhaps inevitable when church leaders frame complex religious-liberty disputes as targeted assaults on Christians.

By John Gehring

September 22, 2016

Muslim-Christian Relations

Web Exclusive

Article

Gain & Pain

New U.S. Census Report data on income, poverty, and health-care coverage comes as good news. But amid the recovery, millions of Americans still feel economic pain.

By The Editors

September 20, 2016

Article

Timidity on Trump's Lies

Journalists have been reluctant to call Donald Trump a liar, even when he lies. But the manipulative nature of his birther announcement may change things.

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

September 19, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Columnists

Article

Racism: Electoral Non-Negotiable

By MICHAEL PEPPARD

September 16, 2016

Article

Neither of the Above

My position is more like Bartleby the Scrivener’s than Thomas More’s: “I would prefer not to” vote for either of these presidential nominees.

By Richard W. Garnett

September 15, 2016

Election 2016

U.S. Catholicism

Domestic Affairs

Article

Trump & Evangelicals

Trump may be what sixteenth-century Catholic theologians were worried about, but Luther wouldn’t have recognized him as a Christian any more than the pope would.

By Karen E. Park

September 12, 2016

Article

What Bacevich Gets Right—and Wrong

The best advice for readers moved by Andrew Bacevich’s Brexit analysis is to rethink what democratic commitments require of educated and economically secure people.

By David O'Brien

September 8, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Continuing the Conversation

Economy

Foreign Affairs

Article

Purple Mountains? Trump's Utah Problem

By MICHAEL PEPPARD

September 5, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Muslim-Christian Relations

Race

Article

The Search for the Perfect Muslim (Part 2 - Syria and Its Damn Civil War)

By unagidon

August 28, 2016

Domestic Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Middle East

Muslim-Christian Relations

Article

The Search for the Perfect Muslim (Part I - Fitting the Questions to Our Answers)

By unagidon

August 25, 2016

Muslim-Christian Relations

Article

Why the Hyde Amendment Matters

Supporting the Hyde Amendment is the politically responsible and morally appropriate position.

By The Editors

August 23, 2016

Article

'Toward Democracy'

'Toward Democracy' will inform anyone concerned about our democracy and its discontents. Not that just anyone will read it.

By John T. McGreevy

August 18, 2016

Article

Through European Eyes

By Rand Richards Cooper

August 17, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Article

An Acceptable Arrangement

By signing one sentence asking for an exemption, the Little Sisters are not formally cooperating. They are materially cooperating only in a minor and remote sense.

By Edward Vacek

August 11, 2016

Contraception mandate

Ethics

Secularism and Modernity

Theology

Article

Un-Rigging the System by Protecting Voting Rights

By Dominic Preziosi

August 4, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Article

Their Class and Ours

By unagidon

August 3, 2016

Domestic Affairs

Article

'I Alone'

Now that he is the official GOP nominee, the most important fact about Donald Trump is not that he is ridiculous or contemptible, but that he is dangerous.

By The Editors

July 26, 2016

Article

Terrorist Droning

By unagidon

July 25, 2016

Domestic Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Middle East

Muslim-Christian Relations

Terrorism

Article

Existence and Pre-existence

By unagidon

July 21, 2016

Article

Hillary Attempts to Add Alka-Seltzer to the Healthcare Stew

By unagidon

July 13, 2016

Article

Rescuing Kitty Genovese

By Dominic Preziosi

July 13, 2016

Domestic Affairs

Movies

Article

How Did We Get Here?

Where is a compelling vision of human well-being? Missing is the sense that “we are all really responsible for all.” This feeds into the hands of people like Trump.

By Anthony Annett

July 5, 2016

Article

The Timid Souls and Their Drowsy Minds

By Dominic Preziosi

June 29, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Books

Article

Naming the Problem

What makes confronting the past courageous is the possibility that it may compel us to change something in the present.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

June 23, 2016

Article

'Inequality: What Can Be Done?'

… a business leader could do something about, inequality “seemed like a more worthy issue to … return to capital is greater than the rate of economic growth; as a result, the proportion … decline. Unless we do something about it, economic inequality will gradually increase. …

By Daniel K. Finn

June 23, 2016

Article

Selling Religious Ignorance

Donald Trump says things to appeal to whatever crowd he's talking to, but casting doubt on Hillary Clinton’s faith before a group of evangelicals is a new low.

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

June 23, 2016

Article

How Long Shall the Wicked Exult?

In the aftermath of events like Orlando, it seems as though the God of Jacob does not perceive, and it is no impiety to say so. But that is not the end of the story.

By The Editors

June 21, 2016

Article

False Choices & Religious Liberty

Religious liberty has a damaged “brand” these days, and Catholic institutions have played a role. The nation's largest church now needs to lower the temperature.

By John Gehring

June 21, 2016

Secularism and Modernity

Social Justice

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Is the Gun Lobby Finally Cornered?

Even fervently held dogma is not immune to reality. After Orlando, gun-sanity rejectionists feel the pressure as advocates of sane gun laws move off the defensive.

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

June 20, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Columnists

Article

In the Hands of an Angry Electorate

We need to name the anger of voters but in the restrained rhetoric of the common good. Would the cures offered by Trump and Sanders prove worse than the disease?

By William Storrar

June 16, 2016

Article

Orlando

By Rand Richards Cooper

June 16, 2016

Election 2016

Domestic Affairs

Article

Data on Faith, Faith in Data?

By Dominic Preziosi

June 14, 2016

U.S. Catholicism

Domestic Affairs

Article

Will Orlando Soften Our Ideologies?

Reactions to the killings in Orlando etched a portrait of our national divisions and our inclination to know what we think even when we lack all of the facts.

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

June 13, 2016

Article

The Greatest

Muhammad Ali’s self-love was transferrable. He beat up his opponents and pick-pocketed their confidence but miraculously helped millions see fresh possibilities.

By Gordon Marino

June 11, 2016

Domestic Affairs