Lent
Lent is the period of penance that precedes the celebration of the Easter mysteries. The word comes from the Anglo-Saxon for “spring.”...
The Debate about the Johnson Amendment
Jesuit Father Thomas Reese recently wrote an interesting article in NCR reacting to President Trump's repeated promise to his supporters...
Anxiety Escape
When people first try for meditation, such as practicing a Twelve Step Program of Recovery from some addiction, or people think...
Twilight of Democracy
Twilight of Democracy Back when I was a political scientist in the late 1970s, I read an article by someone who suggested an analogy...