Americans face a moral reckoning March 26, 2007
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Americans face a moral reckoning
By James Carroll | March 26, 2007
YOU HAVE been reading “The Sorrow of War” by Bao Ninh, the classic account of what in Vietnam is called the American war. The title of Bao Ninh’s novel captures the feeling of grief and loss that always comes in the wake of violent conflict. [...]
The many forms of fundamentalism March 21, 2007
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By James Carroll | March 19, 2007
Nearly a decade and a half ago, this condemnation of fundamentalism was issued: “The fundamentalist approach is dangerous, for it is attractive to people who look to the Bible for ready answers to the problems of life . . . instead of telling them that the Bible does not necessarily [...]
