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Call It Courage

In response to the events of September 11, 2001, the French newspaper Le Monde famously ran a headline declaring, “Nous sommes tous Américains” (We are all Americans). After the January 7 attack on the offices of the weekly satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a parallel expression of solidarity soon began appearing on banners, public monuments, and social media: “Je suis Charlie.” Never mind that many of those who repeated these words—including many Americans—had never seen the publication, and would likely find it offensive if they did.

Jan 20, 2015Politics8 comments

New issue, new E. J. Dionne Jr.

Just posted to the website: Our January 23 issue. Among the highlights:

Jan 12, 20151 comment

Letters | Popes, Councils, & Scarcity at the Supermarket

Of Councils & Popes

Francis Oakley’s article (“Authoritative & Ignored,” October 24, 2014) is provocative and interesting, but some of the claims made are in need of qualification. The following can be noted:

Jan 8, 20150 comments

Mario Cuomo, Politician

Former New York governor Mario Cuomo, who died January 1 at the age of eighty-two, was a reader and supporter of, and occasional contributor to, this magazine.

Jan 6, 2015Politics, Religion12 comments

New issue, new E. J. Dionne Jr.

Our new issue is now live on the homepage. Highlights include Rand Richards Cooper on what made John Updike John Updike; Richard Alleva on the "near-masterpiece" that is the Alejandro González Iñárritu film Birdman; Paige E.

Dec 21, 20141 comment

Letters | Dealing with disability

A hard case

Dec 17, 20140 comments

Shameless

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s recent report on the CIA’s discontinued interrogation-and-detention program confirmed what many Americans have long suspected: that public officials at the CIA and in the George W. Bush administration have not been altogether truthful in their accounts of what that program entailed, how many detainees it included, and how useful it was in obtaining actionable intelligence in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Dec 16, 2014Politics9 comments

New issue, now live

Our December 19 issue is now live on the website. Among the highlights: A new short story from Alice McDermott, “You Will Be Missed”; Paul Schaefer’s “A Brief for the Baroque,” in which he discusses Milwaukee’s grand, century-old Basilica of St.

Dec 8, 20140 comments

Letters | 'Catholic art,' contraception, religious education

And Many More

Dec 3, 20142 comments

Out of the Shadows

A delegation of U.S. bishops traveled to Nogales, Arizona, in April to say Mass at the Mexican border and call attention to the human cost of the broken U.S. immigration system: dangerous conditions at the border; separated families and unaccompanied children; underpaid and exploited workers; fearful immigrant communities. Cardinal Seán O’Malley preached in English and Spanish on the parable of the Good Samaritan. “We come here today to be a neighbor and to find a neighbor in each of the suffering people who risk their lives and at times lose their lives in the desert,” he said.
Dec 2, 2014Politics3 comments