Columnist
Carroll is Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at Suffolk University, holder of the 2011 Alonzo L. McDonald Family Chair at Emory University, and a columnist for the Globe. He is author of ten novels and six works of non-fiction, including “Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World.”
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JAMES CARROLL
US security — too big not to fail
By James Carroll, Globe Columnist
The US security industry has grown huge, and technology has given easy access to secrets to too many people. Yet, some secrets are worth keeping.
JAMES CARROLL
No military intervention in Syria
By James Carroll, Globe Columnist
If the United States were to intervene militarily, the vast and divergent collection of parties, including US allies, would all be drawn into a swirl around the self-declared indispensable nation.
JAMES CARROLL
An opening in Rome?
By James Carroll, Globe Columnist
In a recent homily, Pope Francis showed a willingness to reconcile with those outside the faith — in a way that is unprecedented in recent Catholic theology.
JAMES CARROLL
Revolt at the ballet — and everywhere else
By James Carroll, Globe Columnist
For the 100 years since Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “The Rite of Spring,” the apocalyptic principle of salvation through destruction has ruled, and still threatens us today.