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Editorial Archives 1999CNY
Editorial Archives 1999
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'To the End of Time' |
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Here we are, more than a week away from 2000, and many of us--perhaps most of us--are already weary of "the millennium." The word has... |
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The Pope and the Jubilee |
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Say this for Pope John Paul II: everyone else might be worried about his health as the Church prepares for the Jubilee Year, but the Holy Father goes on making plans for its... |
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One More Time |
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Once again, a breakthrough seems to have occurred in the search for Northern Ireland peace. And once again, the world holds its breath, waiting.. |
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A Catholic College |
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The overwhelming majority by which the U.S. bishops approved a major new document on Catholic colleges and universities... |
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In the Right Direction |
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As often happens when compromise is involved, the solution to the long-standing impasse over this nation's payment of its United Nations dues is something less than ideal. But... |
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What Ails the Continent |
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At the recent Synod of Bishops for Europe, delegates spent days analyzing the ailments that grip the Continent--most notably, a loss of hope... |
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Doctors' Dilemma |
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Here's the situation: A doctor knows that a certain treatment is advisable for a given patient--but also that the patient's insurance company won't... |
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Still Room for Hope? |
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After all the ups and downs that the peace process for Northern Ireland has experienced, is there still room for optimism? The chief mediator of the ongoing process, former U.S... |
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How Do They Measure Up? |
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Catholic voters who shy away from the polling booths on the grounds that "all politicians are alike" now have a new... |
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What Debate? |
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An editorial in this space last week noted sadly that anti-Catholic bigotry is alive and well, as evidenced in the support... |
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Bigot's Delight |
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The controversy over the "art" show at the Brooklyn Museum drags on, day after dreary day, with its celebrated centerpiece a dung-splattered portrait... |
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A Way to Remember |
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Many Americans have an interest in this month's U.S. Postal Service announcement of the stamp themes for the coming year--interest generated, for... |
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A Faster-Acting U.N. |
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The crisis in East Timor has called attention to the need for a faster response by the United Nations to counter human rights violations wherever... |
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A Test of Patience |
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Basically, the idea makes sense. Don't promote a student to the next grade unless the student deserves it. |
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Our Role in East Timor |
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In light of what's going on in East Timor, the rationale behind our recent armed intervention in Kosovo seems hollow and... |
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The Church and Marriage |
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The timing could not have been better. In the same week that Pope John Paul II reinforced the Church's basic teaching... |
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'No, Thanks' to a Rally |
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The Million Youth March planned for Harlem this weekend took an unusual turn last week, 10 days before it was scheduled to take place. The... |
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The Church and Evolution |
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How is a Catholic to react to the recent decision by the Kansas Board of Education involving the teaching... |
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The Scouts Will Appeal |
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The best thing about the recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision involving homosexuals and the Boy Scouts of America is that it will be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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Pressure Point? |
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The use of human embryos in medical research was set back at least to a degree last month, which would be welcome news... |
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Sleazy Summer |
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Sleazy summer. The phrase comes from the Daily News, which used it as a headline for a feature on current movies. Anyone... |
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Rolling Up the Scroll |
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The recent National Gathering for Jubilee Justice in Los Angeles focused on issues of social justice, so it was appropriate that Sister Marie Chin, R.S.M., began... |
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A Short Season to God |
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The majestic cadence of the old King James version of the Bible evokes in a special way the voice of the psalmist, as it does in this brief passage from Psalm 103: "As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. |
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Answering the Face of Hate |
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Coming up against the face of hate can be unnerving. Just ask the millions of Americans who saw the tape-recorded interviews last... |
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What Breakthrough? |
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If it seemed a bit of a stretch to refer to last weekend's Northern Ireland peace plan as a "breakthrough," you... |
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A Golden Moment |
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Every now and then, the government does something that cheers everyone, uniting people everywhere in common celebration. It... |
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Sentimental Journey, and More |
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Call it a sentimental journey if you choose, since the pope's extended visit to his Polish homeland this month had... |
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The Louima Verdict |
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The relationship between New York City and its Police Department might never be the same following the verdict reached last week in... |
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Give Peace a Chance |
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Nothing about Kosovo is easy, not even concluding a peace agreement that seemed to be all but final. Hopes for peace in the Balkans have alternately soared and plummeted in recent... |
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Improving the Odds |
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Despite all the noise and all the attention, no new gun control measures were enacted into law last month. The Senate did approve a bill that would add some sensible but modest... |
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Kendra's Law |
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They're calling it Kendra's Law already, and a fitting tribute it would be. The law in question, still in the proposal stage, would require mentally ill people... |
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Death in a Standoff |
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The standoff that now defines NATO's struggle with Yugoslavia over the future of Kosovo is bad news. It means that many more... |
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Risky Business, Indeed |
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Within the lifetime of many of us, gambling was an exotic pastime reserved to the favored few. There were Friday night poker games, to be sure, where "penny ante" hardly... |
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A New Direction |
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It's too early to identify a trend, but the latest figures on enrollment in U.S. Catholic seminaries are definitely... |
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The Lessons of Littleton |
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From the first confused live-image reporting right through the shattering realization of the enormity of the loss, the... |
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The Right Message |
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It's bad form to celebrate anyone's misfortune, no matter how extreme the provocation to do so. But that having been said, there's nothing wrong with applauding the wisdom of the... |
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Wanted: An Exit Strategy |
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As the misguided clinton-NATO Yugoslav bombing campaign slides inevitably from disappointment to debacle, the finger-pointing has... |
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Please Repeat the Question |
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he question posed last week in this space asked simply, "What happens next?"--what happens, in other words, when the... |
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What Happens Next? |
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His political friends and foes alike hope that President Clinton's Kosovo strategy succeeds--that is, that it... |
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A Distressing Move |
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New York media paid fairly little attention to the story, but Gov. George E. Pataki disappointed many of his supporters recently... |
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The Advice Still Applies |
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What's new with immigrants these days? Sadly, not all that much. Too often they remain targets, hunted and hounded by politicians... |
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Giving It Back |
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Few headlines have caused as much head-scratching locally as the one two weeks ago that announced the planned merger of the New York Yankees and... |
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A Baby, After All |
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Is the pro-life point of view gaining ground again in the United States? Sometimes it seems not. Abortion clinic laws, for... |
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A Real Threat to Free Speech |
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Civil libertarians are ever alert to what they perceive as threats to the right to free speech, repeatedly warning... |
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Drunk Driving Crackdown |
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The news that New York state is taking a tougher attitude on drunken driving is welcome to all who are... |
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The Freedom to Pervert |
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Once again a judicial decision has thwarted the will of the people and made the world safe for pornographers. This time... |
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Awesome Was the Word |
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His American admirers pulled out all the stops for Pope John Paul II last week in St. Louis, giving him the kind... |
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One Punch Too Many |
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It's called dementia pugilistica, and as medical conditions go it's quite rare. So much so, in fact, that most Americans probably... |
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Every Now and Then |
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Every now and then the courts tell us that not all hope is lost. It happened last week as the United States Supreme Court refused to hear... |
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Bombing Iraq |
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Saddam Hussein is an evil dictator who not only tries American patience; he constitutes a genuine threat to world order. Leaders... |
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Countdown to 2000 |
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Now the countdown begins in earnest--the final 12 months before the Jubilee Year 2000, the millennium celebration that has... |
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