Mary C. Curtis
CQ @RollCall columnist and 'Equal Time' podcast host. Contribute @NPR @TheOpEdProject @Harvard @niemanfdn Follower of politics, theater and political theater.
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2 weeks ago |
rollcall.com | Mary C. Curtis
There’s no escaping Donald Trump. And I don’t necessarily mean that in a bad way. Let’s face it, everyone needs an escape now and then — from work, kids, chores. And we all find that peace in different ways and different spaces: walking in nature, listening to music, snuggling up in a library corner with a book. Even those who feel kindly toward our president must occasionally find him and his gift of being in your face 24/7 exhausting and relish a chance to recharge.
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1 month ago |
rollcall.com | Mary C. Curtis
Skip to content The politics of the Catholic Church after Pope Francis The personality and outreach of Pope Francis attracted worldwide admiration. Though he did not stray from Catholic doctrine, he connected those teachings to issues such as immigration and climate change. He was not as progressive as some progressives hoped, and he also frustrated traditionalists, a split that played out in the United States.
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1 month ago |
rollcall.com | Mary C. Curtis
The blue suit and blue tie amid a sea of mostly black-garbed mourners did stand out, not that President Donald Trump ever blends into the background or wants to. But the man being laid to rest in the simple wooden coffin was the leader whose legacy loomed largest. The hundreds of thousands who made their way to the Vatican to pay respects to Pope Francis proved that.
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1 month ago |
rollcall.com | Mary C. Curtis
I’m not optimistic enough to call it the death of indifference, but recent events prove there may be signs of life in the democratic republic Americans call exceptional but too often take for granted. Last weekend’s “Hands Off!” rallies have come and gone.
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1 month ago |
rollcall.com | Mary C. Curtis
Skip to content How a post-World War II ‘Red Scare’ resonates in modern America Fights over how American history is taught. Labels of “communist” and “socialist” used to smear. Civil rights gains seen as a loss for the “real” America. While all that might sound like last week’s headlines, those battles and the hysteria surrounding them are nothing new.
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