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Remembering Gail Lumet Buckley, chronicler of African American history and a ‘pluralistic Catholic’
“Extremism is nothing new. It is woven into the American tapestry.” These words were written by an America columnist just as a presidential campaign was heating up. “Olympic contests of extreme meanness flourish” in our politics, the author lamented, but …