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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
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.
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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.
JAMES CARROLL
Moral order gained, then lost
By James Carroll , Globe Columnist
What makes democracy as fragile as it is precious is that a minority of self-obsessed citizens can destroy it.