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
I failed Barbara Walters
By James Carroll , Globe Columnist
I was disinclined to be the finger-wagging priest on whom Barbara Walters was counting in a 1972 appearance on her daytime show, “Not For Women Only.”
James Carroll
Thunderbirds of prey
By James Carroll ,
Fears of a hollowed-out military always trumped fears of hollowed-out schools, inner cities, civic infrastructure, and moral value.
JAMES CARROLL
It’s your turn
By James Carroll , Globe Columnist
If Americans want this spectacle to end — if they want to tell Congress and President Obama that Guantanamo must be shut down — now is the time for them to make their voices heard.
JAMES CARROLL
All eyes on Boston
By James Carroll , Globe Columnist
The Marathon bombings brought focus to a disjointed nation.