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The Editors 1-01-1997
Our cover story is a tribute to Jean Sindab, a tireless worker for peace and justice and a joy-filled and fun-loving woman who died a year ago this month of cancer.
Paul de N. Burrowes Sr. 1-01-1997
IN HER ARTICLE about Dr. Kevorkian, Julie Polter is right when she says, "There is too much mystery inherent in death and life for us to claim any simple answers
Raymond Neudecker 1-01-1997
IN "HEARTS & MINDS" (September-October 1996), Jim Wallis refers to President Clinton's character problem as though it is a clearly defined, verified fact, rather than a generalized accusation.
Renee R. Richardson 1-01-1997
IN "HEARTS & MINDS" (September-October 1996), Jim Wallis refers to President Clinton's character problem as though it is a clearly defined, verified fact, rather than a generalized accusation.
Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 1-01-1997
An interfaith alliance of religious activists—including Christians, Jews, and Buddhists—has joined other environmentalists...
Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 1-01-1997
The National Labor Committee, the group that linked Kathie Lee Gifford's clothing line with sweatshops, is now looking into Disney's production of children's clothing in a Burmese assembly plant.
Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 1-01-1997
Dianna Ortiz, the Ursuline nun who vigiled and fasted in front of the White House for six weeks last spring to pressure the government to release the identity of her torturers...
Rose Marie Berger 1-01-1997
There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part. You can't even passively take part....
The Editors 1-01-1997
Several of our readers have contacted us asking for the date and circumstances of Henri Nouwen's death.
Isabel Bonnyman Stanley 1-01-1997
I WOULD LIKE to thank you for your article on Jesse Helms in the September-October issue.
Larry Rankin 1-01-1997
I WANT TO celebrate with you your 25th anniversary ("Celebrating 25 Years," November-December 1996). I have been a loyal friend and subscriber for nearly that long.
Sheldon Flory 11-01-1996
DOUG TANNER'S account of becoming "spiritual partners" with Jesse Helms ("Politics Without Demons," September-October 1996) is notable for its Christian forbearance toward an enemy.
Rick Carlson 11-01-1996
I LOVE YOUR magazine and have read it "religiously" for years. In the September-October issue ("Our Unresolved Dilemma"), Sen.
Rev. Daniel B. Hahn 11-01-1996
THERE ARE THREE big lies about welfare that the Far Right has promoted for decades:
Karl Hess 11-01-1996
WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT to see-in the same issue with Jim Wallis' article on civility in political discourse-the attack by Wallis on Clinton's decision to sign the welfare bill.
John F. Struzik 11-01-1996
AFTER READING Ed Spivey Jr.'s "H'rumphs," September-October 1996, I am disturbed by his "tongue in cheek" endorsement of Bill Clinton for re-election as president.
Jim Rice, Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 11-01-1996
The Pentagon snuck out an admission that the students at the notorious School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Georgia, once used manuals advocating torture, assassination, and kidnapping as t