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 Vol. 138 Issue 003 (February 11 2011)
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 Fasting, abortion, Pius XII
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LETTERS Fasting, abortion, Pius XII ARTFUL BAIT Patrick J. Ryan's summary of the New York Public Library's current exhibit ("Illuminating Manuscripts," January 14) shines as a small nugget of...
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They're Back
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From the Editors They're Back Less than a year after being passed into law, the Democrats' health-care reform is under renewed attack on two fronts. In the House of Representatives, the new...
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Stuck
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Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien
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COLUMNISTS Margaret O'Brien Steinfels Stuck WHAT'S OUR END GAME IN AFGHANISTAN? The United States cannot win the war in Afghanistan. Are we willing to lose it? Evidently not quite yet. The...
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A Godsend
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McGowan, Jo
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Jo McQowan A Godsend SOMETIMES WE ANSWER ONE ANOTHER'S PRAYERS Ifirst met Gia, a young schoolgirl, one afternoon while walking with Moy Moy, our twenty-one-year-old daughter who has special...
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Who Owns This House?
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Pe?alver, Eduardo Mois?s
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SHORT TAKE Eduardo Moises Penalver Who Owns This House? WHEN THE PAPER TRAIL DISAPPEARS Most people by now know the story of how speculation in mortgage-backed securities, along with a host of...
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Still Counting
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Osborn, Ronald
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ARTICLES Still Counting How Many Iraqis Have Died? Ronald Osborn The October online posting by Wild-Leaks of nearly a thousand classified Pentagon documents (the "Iraq War Logs") shed new light...
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Buried
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Miller, Michael
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Buried In Helmand Province, in farming villages, They buried their rifles in hay, Then went into the fields with The cows, waiting to return and rule. Everyone knew the Taliban, Everyone...
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Indefensible
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Dummett, Michael
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Indefensible Moral Teaching after 'Humanae Vitae' Michael Dummett Not all religions have imposed moral precepts upon their adherents, but all those known as "world religions" have made such a...
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The Sunset Limited
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Wren, Celia
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TELEVISION Celia Wren Beyond Black & White HBO'S 'THE SUNSET LIMITED' Here are some things you might expect to find on HBO: Prohibition-era gangsters. Post-Ka-trina New Orleans jazzmen....
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Bob Drinan
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O'Brien, David J.
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BOOKS David J. O'Brien Not Above Politics Bob Drinan The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress Raymond A. Schroth, SJ Fordham University Press, $32.95, 300...
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Outside Looking In
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Leo, John
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John Leo Wills's Testament Outside Looking In Garry Wills Viking, $25.95, 208 pp. Garry Wills believes that his book-ishness made him a lifelong outsider. From his earliest days, he has read...
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
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Domestico, Anthony
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Anthony Domestico Independent Worlds The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell Random House, $26, 479 pp. Late in David Mitchell's new novel The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet,...
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The Balfour Declaration
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Becker, Joseph D.
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Joseph D. Becker Ambiguous Promises The Balfour Declaration The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Jonathan Schneer Random House, $30, 432 pp. Jonathan Schneer, professor of British history...
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Commonweal Associates
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Thank you, Associates. This year Commonweal celebrates eighty-seven years of providing a place for reflective, independent Catholic thought. We are able to do this because of the steadfast...
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The Edward Skillin Society
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The Edward Skillin Society is named for Commonweal's longtime publisher, editor, and guiding spirit, Edward Skillin (1904-2000), and recognizes those who have provided for Commonweal's future...
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College Subscription Program
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The Commonweal Endowment is a fund that helps provide longer-term financial security for the magazine and its activities. Each year, a small withdrawal from the Endowment helps support ongoing...
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A Faithful Din
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Chatteris, Chris
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THE LAST WORD A Faithful Din Chris Chatteris At 4:30 a.m. in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I am woken by the local mosque's call to prayer, followed by the imam's sermon. Not long after that, the bell...
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Vol. 138 Issue 004 (February 25 2011)
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