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Time for a Leaner, Smarter Penal System
This week the Washington Post drew attention to a new Pew poll indicating that a majority of Americans believe it’s time to…
Yearly Archives: 2014
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Happy Boy Makes Mass
Last year I remember rushing into mass minutes before the opening song. Exhausted from hours of setting up for a…
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Reflections for Sunday, October 26, 2014
Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion (Exodus 22:20-26; Psalm 18:2-4,47,51; 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10; Matthew 22:34-40) Loving Others As…
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Immigration, Amnesty, and the Rule of Law
In the ongoing Kentucky U.S. Senate race, both candidates have accused the other of supporting “amnesty” for “illegal immigrants” and…
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Christians Struggle to Rebuild Their Lives in Syria
“War is a terrible and cruel thing.” SISTER MARIA of Nazareth has committed herself to an extraordinary mission. The Argentinian…
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Isn’t She Lovely: A Million Grandfathers Say
In 1976 my daughter was born. I was head-over-heels in love with her. At the time I was a commercial…
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A Case of Surrogacy’s Gordian Knot
What a mess. What a God-awful mess the new reproductive technologies in general—and commercial surrogacy, in particular—are making of family…
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Dangerous Liaisons: Martha Coakley and Bernard Baran
Justice is obscured when prosecutors use criminal convictions to bolster political ambition. Justice is defeated when prosecutors deny their mistakes…
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Building Technology Boundaries
As much as I don’t like to think about it now, my 2-year-old daughter will not always desire to spend…