From the Publisher’s Desk

Publisher’s Letter For June 2009

By Robert Ellsberg - Publisher

June 5, 2009 - Dear Friends,

"Hello, Robert, this is Timothy Dolan, your new archbishop!"

I was astonished last month to receive this cheerful greeting when I picked up the phone, though it did not come entirely out of the blue. On hearing news that Archbishop Dolan of Milwaukee had been named the new archbishop of New York, I had taken the initiative of sending him a letter of welcome and a book about Dorothy Day. Still, I certainly wasn't expecting such a personal call-back. (To be honest, it took me a minute to be sure this wasn't a prank by my Jesuit friend Fr. Jim Martin.)

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In the News

Filmmaker Oliver Stone Lauds JFK and the Unspeakable

June 29, 2009 - Interviewed June 26 on the Bill Maher show

In a segment on Bill Maher's HBO series "Real Time" award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone recommends Jim Douglass' book JFK and the Unspeakable.

Turns out Bill Maher has read it too!



The discussion begins at 4:34 of the clip.

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