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Martin Sheen

The Acting President

By Tom Dunphy, Contributor
October / November 2000

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Martin Sheen, the star of The West Wing, is a complicated, ebullient tangle of philosophy, Catholicism, politics, altruism, and homespun wisdom.It's a disconcerting sight: The leader of the free world is, uh, combing his eyelashes with a small mascara applicator... Okay, so it's the make-believe leader of the free world. And it's not such a far-fetched notion that Martin Sheen … [Read more...] about The Acting President

The First Word:
Now and in Time to Be

Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
October / November 2000

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"I knew that we were Irish and I knew that Irish was the best thing to be."– Novelist Alice McDermott℘℘℘ When I immigrated to this country I had no idea of the history of the Irish in America – indeed, I had the idea that only someone born and raised in Ireland could call themselves Irish.A Greyhound bus ticket at a cheap student rate that lasted three months and allowed … [Read more...] about The First Word:
Now and in Time to Be