[VOA]

Thanks for the ping on this interesting article.

While some may doubt this article on the aspect of objectivity because the author
is from a Catholic-affiliated university and the article is from a Catholic-based journal,
I think it is good to look at the advisory board of the journal:

Advisory Board: James Q. Wilson, Paul Weyrich, Vin Weber, Peggy Noonan, William McGurn,
Eugene McCarthy, Paul Johnson, Alexander M. Haig, Edwin J. Feulner Jr.,
William J. Bennett, Richard V. Allen

Not a bad bunch...
James Q. Wilson, sociologist who spawned the "broken windows" theory of societal
distress, which Giuliani used to clean up New York City (before some terrorist hit on 9-11);
plus a number of other luminaries such as Weyrich, Noonan, Haig, and Bennett...
and even Eugene McCarthy (is this the old Democratic Presidential candidate?).

[Bonaparte]

I would bet it's the same McCarthy. As far as I know, he's still alive somewhere in Virginia.