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Should Medicare Be Privatized?

I think Medicare Part D is a big success.  It brought a long-desired prescription drug benefit to Medicare for the first time, at less cost than if the government had paid for it—and indeed, for less money than its own projected budget (last time I checked).  It is very popular with . . . . Continue Reading »

A Memory of Ralph McInerny

“Is there anything that man didn’t do?” Christopher Kaczor’s mother asked him after hearing his report of Ralph McInerny’s funeral Mass, and that is the theme of almost everything written about him after his death one year ago.  But the admirable thing about the man . . . . Continue Reading »

Reclaimed: The Theology of Adoption

In 1864, Scottish theologian Robert Candlish gave a series of lectures in Edinburgh on the theology of the Fatherhood of God. As he ended those lectures, he said “I do so with the feeling that, however inadequately I have handled my great theme, I have at least thrown out some suggestive . . . . Continue Reading »

Thirty Three Things (v. 33)

1. This issue—the thirty-third volume of thirty-three things—is comprised of one item each from the previous thirty-two posts, a sampling for those who might have missed the earlier editions. What do you think of our weekly Friday feature? Like it? Love it? Really, really love it? Let me . . . . Continue Reading »

Don’t Forget Stalin

Hitler vs. Stalin: Who Was Worse? , asks Timothy Snyder on the New York Review of Books ’ blog. I’m not sure what is the point of the question, since I’m not sure what you know when you have an answer, but the figures and history are interesting — though readers will want to . . . . Continue Reading »

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