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CACG Must Reads - July 27, 2011

The editors of America take on the “new Americanism”:

http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12963

 

Also at America, John Kavanaugh examines the “Economic Enigmas” of the current debate:

http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12964

 

At Commonweal, E. J. Dionne echoes our featured article from Paul Sherry – the real issue is jobs, not deficit reduction:

http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/division-labor

 

Also at Commonweal, David Gibson has a fascinating interview with Cardinal Francis George is Chicago who, among other things, has nice things to say about Sister Carol Keehan:

http://commonwealmagazine.org/george

 

In the New Republic, Mark Schmitt discusses why tax reform needs to really look at the way to tax code encourages bad economic decisions, and increase income inequality:

http://www.tnr.com/article/economy/92529/debt-ceiling-tax-reform-inequality

 

At NCR, Michael Sean Winters calls on HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to make sure that no matter what procedures are mandated for insurance programs offered under the new health care law, there are broad conscience protections and exemptions for religious organizations:

http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/conscience-mandates-0