Two things about Benedict XVI s UK 16-19 September visit became clearer this week the reason for the recent uncertainties about the itinerary and the messages which the Pope s three days on British soil are intended to send The Archbishop of Westminster s press conference on Tuesday shed light on

L rsquo Osservatore Romano the official Vatican newspaper has praised mdash wait for it-- ldquo The Blues Brothers rdquo the 1980 comedy starring John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd as a classic Catholic film As moviegoers of a certain age will remember the film focuses on Jake and Elwood Blu

Kudos to David Alire Garcia for his enlightening article ldquo The Greening of Detroit rdquo As a Detroit resident I have not only witnessed the impact of community gardens on various neighborhoods but I have experienced it first hand as well My wife and I tend a plot in a Detroit community g

Aside from hiring 400 000 workers to carry out the federal census which is a happy coincidence of timing more than make-work the Obama administration has not initiated any national employment programs like Franklin Roosevelt rsquo s administration did in the New Deal No Conservation Corps to plan

Well I guess he disagrees with me nbsp nbsp Actually he disagrees with M Cathleen Kaveny professor of theology and law at the University of Notre Dame who wrote nbsp on Dotcommonweal nbsp here about the excommunication of Sister Margaret Mary McBride nbsp He also disagrees with nb

A Kinsley gaffe named for writer Michael Kinsley who coined the term is when a politician inadvertently says the truth what he or she really thinks but it lands them in hot water So when then-candidate Barack Obama made his remark about people who cling to their guns and religion he commit