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 Vol. 143 Issue 019 (December 2 2016)
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••Contents••
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 Letters
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LETTERS Christ & poverty, divine intervention POVERTY POSSIBILITIES I was intrigued by the way David Bentley Hart ended his fascinating piece, "Christ's Rabble" (October 7). He tells us that in...
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The Unpopular Populist
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From the Editors The Unpopular Populist It seems unlikely, but perhaps the enormous responsibilities of the presidency will calm Donald Trump down and sober him up. Or so we should all pray. In...
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Speaking Up for Standing Down
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Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien
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COLUMNISTS Margaret O'Brien Steinfels Speaking Up for Standing Down WHY OBAMA MUST DEFEND HIS POLICY IN SYRIA Barack Obama may not be leaving office with the successor he hoped for, but he could...
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Against Trumpian Triumphalism
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Dionne, E. J. Jr.
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E. J. Dionne Jr. Against Trumpian Triumphalism WHERE MOST AMERICANS STOOD ON ELECTION DAY Let's be clear: The United States of America is not Donald Trump's country. When all the returns are in,...
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The Enemy Within
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HOLLERICH, MICHAEL J.
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SHORT TAKE Michael J. Hollerich The Enemy Within A FACILE ATTACK ON CATHOLIC "PROGRESSIVES" The 2016 presidential campaign cannot have been a happy season for certain of our bishops, who've...
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Another Advent
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Murphy, Timothy
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another advent St. Patrick, never leave me in the lurch, swimming in Irish whiskey. Toward my perch Advent is drawing on, time for more church, more Gospel readings, lessons from St. Paul, time to...
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Is the 'Common Good' Obsolete?
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Bowlin, Andrew Latham and John R.
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ARTICLES Is the 'Common Good' Obsolete? An Exchange Andrew Latham One of the biggest problems confronting Catholics engaged in the public square today is our failure to develop a body of...
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'Perhaps It Is True After All'
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Ryan, Patrick J.
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'Perhaps It Is True After All' Notes on Faith Patrick J. Ryan Some decades ago, while living in West Africa, I became friends with a United Nations public servant, whom I shall call D., a...
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In Sun and Shade
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Barkin, Don
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in sun and shade In a small town, people are who they are, no getting away from what the eighth-grade teacher thinks, the ex-wife, the hardware guy. And when the sun at 3 o'clock passing...
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Denial
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Cooper, Rand Richards
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FILM Rand Richards Cooper Sighs, Tears, and Jogging 'DENIAL' Is there any movie setting more familiar to Americans than the courtroom? When you stop to think how many of them you've racked up...
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Christmas Critics
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Daniels, Katie
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BOOKS Christmas Critics Katie Daniels CC I don't want anyone writing in to point out that I spend too much JL money on books, many of which I will never read. I know that already. I certainly...
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Christmas Critics
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Preziosi, Dominic
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Dominic Preziosi Twentieth-century American journalist and screenwriter Gene Fowler left us this memorably unsettling line about writing: "It's easy: stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of...
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Christmas Critics
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STEINFELS, GABRIELLE
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Gabrielle Steinfels Iwill never be a performance artist, a radio personality, or the funniest woman alive. My own artistic dreams were not musical but definitely theatrical. Turns out every...
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Christmas Critics
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Callahan, Sidney
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Sidney Callahan What do we mean by "God," and how do our minds find meaning? This year I've been reading (and then rereading) two books that brilliantly take on these questions. David Bentley...
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Christmas Critics
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Ruddy, Christopher
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Christopher Ruddy John Lennon's "Imagine" has to be the worst of all holiday songs. The cloying ode to a religionless utopia is nihilism passing as hopefulness and vision: "Imagine there's no...
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Vita Activa, Arendt and America, Hannah Arendt
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Kehoe, Robert L. III
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Robert L. Kehoe III Designed to Unsettle Vita Activa The Spirit of Hannah Arendt Directed by Ada Ushpiz Zeitgeist Films Arendt and America Richard H. King University of Chicago Press, $35,...
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A Brush of the Butterfly's Wing
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Birdsall, William C.
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LAST WORD A Brush of the Butterfly's Wing William C. Birdsall Do former priests celebrate their ordinations? Probably not. I was ordained in 1966. As a Jesuit, I studied at Woodstock College...
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Vol. 143 Issue 020 (December 16 2016)
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