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Claire Noonan :
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Claire Noonan writes from Chicago.
May 4th, 2004
A Chicago Play Captures Boston Clergy Sex Scandal As Tragedy
The scandal of Catholic clergy sexual abuse of children is, after two years, still on the front pages of the nation's papers. But playwright Michael Murphy, director David Zak, ...
February 7th, 2004
The Working Poor: Invisible in America
In the midst of a contentious election year and on the heels of Barbara Ehrenreich's acclaimed bestseller Nickel and Dimed comes a new book about ...
January 5th, 2004
The difference between who we admire and who we become
A friend of mine who teaches ethics and spirituality to MBA and law students often engages his students in this exercise. List the names of people you really admire. Next, list the names of people ...
September 29th, 2003
A Harbor for the Spiritually Alive to Talk about Sex
In an article I read from The Washington Monthly (reprinted in the recent Utne Reader on "Erotic Intelligence" ...
July 17th, 2003
Nickel and Dimed Chronicles the Hard Life of the Working Poor
Could you survive in a strange city on $7 an hour? This is the simple question that social critic and Ph.D. biologist Barbara Ehrenreich set out to answer. The 2001 ...
June 9th, 2003
The World of Socially Responsible Investment
"More analysts are riding the bull," read the headline in the Chicago Tribune recently. Despite bad news from other sectors ...
April 5th, 2003
Single vs. Married Envy in the Lives of Women Today
Our mothers and bosses spent their careers intent on proving themselves the equals of men. The focus of their comparison on issues of freedom, autonomy, agency, and compensation was across the gender line. The force ...
January 9th, 2003
More Than Just Respectable and Nice?
Are you a good Catholic? As we begin 2003, we are surrounded by war and rumors of war. What do you think of the Bush administration's ...
December 3rd, 2002
Reflections on Overeating in America
Remember the days before "super size"? Remember when the smallest size coffee you could order was—you won't believe this—a "small"? When was the last time you ate ...
September 2nd, 2002
A Young Catholic Looking for Mercy
I'm a good Catholic. I go to Mass every week. I'm involved in my local parish. I oppose both capital punishment and abortion on demand. I've attended Catholic schools from kindergarten to graduate school. I'm ...
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