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Remembering the “other” John Paul
By
David Gibson
John Paul I, born Albino Luciani, has unfortunately become something of a forgotten figure. He himself, in typically self-effacing fashion, too the combined name of his two predecessors, John XXIII and Paul VI, and his successor–elected after John Paul I’s 34-day reign–Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Krakow, took Luciani’s name but made it his own. The…
Donna Brazile: A good Catholic girl lets loose…
By
David Gibson
…And says what I wish more Catholic leaders would about the ugly, angry–and yes, race-baiting–tone of the McCain/Palin campaign. Watch the video from a recent New Yorker campaign symposium…She’s not going to the back of the bus anymore!
High Noon: The campaign as a Western movie
By
David Gibson
But who are the Good Guys? John McCain and Sarah Palin think they are, and in this piece in the current issue of The Tablet of London, I try to explain the campaign to Britons through the lens of the Old West: Now, in 2008, with terrorists posing a new threat, a new sheriff walks…
“Ethic Soup”
By
David Gibson
That’s the name of a new blog from Sharon McEachern in Denver. Sharon cross-posted to our “Eugenics” story out of Louisiana, and takes it a few levels deeper–as she does with many other ethical issues of our day. They challenge us to live more ethically is ways large and small. Check out Ethic Soup.
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