julibug86's review against another edition
2.0
Although I thought many of the essays were thought provoking and well written, there were a couple in there that just ruined the whole thing. I understand that Kerry Kennedy was attempting to get points of views from all types of Catholics - liberal vs. conservative, converted vs. born into it, American vs. foreign, etc. BUT there was no reason for the fire and brimstone that some of the authors threw in there. There was also no reason for the shitty writing by some of the contributors (except maybe to further back-up my negative opinion of Bill O'Reilly). All in all, I would go back and re-read certain essays, but for the most part, there was a lot of shit hiding the gold.
lenni's review against another edition
3.0
I pulled this book off my pile after receiving a mailer asking for my opinion on anti-Catholic sentiment and how that could ludicrously translate to a vote for Trump. I needed a little reassurance that there are still liberal rabble rousing catholics
Btw: Nancy Pelosi, presented as a bad type of catholic in the mailer, had a profile in this book.
Unsurprisingly the essays by nuns resonated most and the essay by the founder of Domino's turned my stomach.
A quote from Cokie Roberts: "as with all other things when they have become sexually integrated, people discover the only group that is responsible enough to show up, that you can count on, is women or, in this case, girls."
Btw: Nancy Pelosi, presented as a bad type of catholic in the mailer, had a profile in this book.
Unsurprisingly the essays by nuns resonated most and the essay by the founder of Domino's turned my stomach.
A quote from Cokie Roberts: "as with all other things when they have become sexually integrated, people discover the only group that is responsible enough to show up, that you can count on, is women or, in this case, girls."
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