Thought someone might post this yesterday and chances are our loyal readers have already seen it But I suspect it will spark an interesting conversation Ross Douthat writing in Monday s New York Times In 2002 the study reported 22 percent of Americans aged 15 to 24 were still virgins By 2008

From NPR The Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia say McDonald s has some explaining to do They want the company to report to the world on what it s doing to address the public s concerns about the health effects of fast food They are especially interested in how the fare affects kids The n

With the world distracted by the escalating conflict in Libya and increasing tensions throughout the Arab world has Khartoum begun an effort to undermine the peace with the newly independent South Sudan and force a fait accompli for possession of the disputed Abyei province Yesterday the the Satel

Lent arrives Wednesday One of the nice things about blogging is that you can write out your own thoughts or bring others directly to articles or direct passages by others Lent makes me want to search out writers who can inspire me to cooperate with the great grace of metanoia that the Lenten seaso

Cambridge MA I at least was enthralled for the last six weeks by my series on Swami Prabhavananda on the Sermon on the Mount and so have not commented on other issues For the sake of catch-up I did want to make one comment now mdash on the extract from Pope Benedict rsquo s Holy Week from th

What does unconditional love and acceptance look like in twenty-first century America today Sometimes she wears a dress made of raw meat To her millions of fans and admirers Lady Gaga the 24-year-old pop superstar represents acceptance and affirmation when their peers the media and society a