Commentary

Joan Connell 11-09-1997

The news is nothing but good on Wall Street, where life continues to be one wild, exciting ride.

Jim Forest 11-09-1997
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Despite her insistence that things aren't the way they should be, Dorothy Day was intensely aware of beauty.

Rose Marie Berger 11-09-1997
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We can call Mother Teresa saintly without also calling her a prophet.

Joe Nangle 9-01-1997
Paulo Freire's liberating legacy.
Carol Fennelly 9-01-1997

A passion for education.

Jim Wallis 9-01-1997

Ronald Reagan was called the "Great Communicator." Bill Clinton should go down in history as the "Great Co-opter."

Julie Polter 9-01-1997
Is religious liberty under threat?
Duane Shank 9-01-1997
Promise Keepers draws mixed response.
Anne Wayne 9-01-1997
When a nation apologizes.
Jim Rice 7-01-1997
Arafat's squandered opportunity
Mark Farr 7-01-1997
New alliances highlight anti-poverty forum
Kari Jo Verhulst 7-01-1997
Attitudes toward immigrants grow harsher
Sidney Callahan 7-01-1997
But is it or us to decide which is which?
Rose Marie Berger 7-01-1997
Tibet continues its 37-year fight for freedom
Timothy McVeigh is more "one of us" than we like to admit
Sam E. Mann 5-01-1997
Mac Charles Jones: an appreciation.
Anne Wayne 5-01-1997
Care needed in "corporate welfare."
Hong Kong churches prepare for July1.
The addiction of campaign money.
John Cole Vodicka 5-01-1997
Lawyers push for end to executions.