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"Pandemics Kill Compassion, Too," is the headline over a David Brooks column in the New York Times predicting that the coronavirus is about to "inflame class divisions." Well, if the New York Times editorial page is going to use the pandemic to confirm its prior assumptions,
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The Age of Selfies: Reasoning About Rights When the Stakes Are Personal By Adam J. MacLeod Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 168 pages We live in an age of ideological civil war. And as in most wars, both sides think that the outcome is vital for our nation. The differences between
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At this moment in our nation's history, we may think that the most accurate words to describe our current predicament come from the 17th century British ballad "The World Turned Upside Down." Certainly, none of us ever expected to see our daily lives upended in the
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Following up on my suggestion of small church services through online signup to get around coronavirus restrictions, a reader suggested outdoor Masses. That got me to thinking of what Irish Catholics did during penal times. Mass was illegal and persecuted in Ireland from around the 1650s to the 1750s, as
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Let's agree that the powers-that-be – the governor, the archbishop, ministers, public health officials – are trying to do what they think is best. They want to limit the spread of coronavirus so fewer people get sick and fewer people die. When it comes to stopping access to religious services,
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Do you support Donald Trump? Are you one of those MAGA disciples? I hate those questions.
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A Joe Biden presidency would be a bonanza for plaintiff's lawyers. After his strong performance in the South Carolina Democratic primary and on Super Tuesday and since, Biden has been consolidating support among a wide range of key Democratic constituencies. But the trial lawyers have been backing him
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Iona College, a Catholic school in New Rochelle, New York, has just hired scandal-ridden Rick Pitino as its new basketball coach. Pitino, fired by Louisville in 2017 amid allegations of multiple recruiting violations, testified in open court in 2010 that he paid $3,000 to a woman he'd
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