Alan Wolfe

The Stupak Democrats

The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Pivoting off the recent abortion vote, William Galston and Alan Wolfe debate how much power Catholics have over the Democratic party.

The worldview of younger Catholics

Ten Reasons (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Boston College's Alan Wolfe, channeling the 1978-84 edition of the Church in America, fears the Stupak Amendment will alienate younger Catholics: The Stupak Amendment will not prohibit all insurance plans from paying for abortions, but will restrict those held by the less well off. In that sense, Stupak’s amendment violates the commitments to social justice and equality that have...

Explaining the Votes on Stupak -- By: Ramesh Ponnuru

The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Alan Wolfe : "Catholic House members with their eyes on Senate seats -- Michael Capuano from Massachusetts and Joe Sestak from Pennsylvania -- voted against, as if realizing that election to statewide office required showing independence of mind." Well, that's one explanation: an implausible and ideologically self-congratulatory one, sure, but an explanation. Here's another:...

• The worldview of younger Catholics - Ten Reasons

Abortion, Catholics, and the Health Care Bill

The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Alan Wolfe is a TNR contributing editor and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College. Just before the House of Representatives voted on the Stupak Amendment, designed to stop any public funding of insurance plans that cover abortion, the U. S. Conference on Catholic Bishops (USCCB) weighed in with its endorsement. According to The Hill, their...

Today at TNR (November 10, 2009)

The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Don’t Underestimate Europe’s Ability to Integrate Its Muslim Minorities , by Anne Applebaum The Abortion Amendment Debate: What Kind of Power Do Catholics Have in the Democratic Party? by William Galston and Alan Wolfe Why Scientists Are, By Definition, Activists , by Marilyn Berlin Snell Should We Let Health Care Reform Fail So We Can Do It Right Next Time? by Jonathan Cohn...