Don t miss Regina Nigro s nbsp new review on our online Culture page of the new sci-fi series V in which she praises the show s appeal nbsp but also dissects its hidden xenophobia nbsp The show s theme--aliens cultivate relationships with humans on earth--proves to be morally problematic

From yesterday rsquo s Washington Post The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn t change a proposed same-sex marriage law a threat that could affect tens of thousands of people th

Democrats were quick to impute Torquemada-like attributes to the effort by social and other conservatives neo- and paleo-conservatives to back the candidacy of Doug Hoffman in the special election in an upstate congressional race over that of the more moderate Dede Scozzafava who had been selected

Oh no prayer can only make it and her better especially if nbsp prayer is helping her nbsp to see things like this Gasp ndash my conscience is singed I fail in love every day no matter how much I try Managing unconditional love for the people in my house whom I like to think I would die f

I have never met Nancy Keenan the President of NARAL but I did once interview Jon O rsquo Brien the President of the fabulously misnamed Catholics for Choice He seemed like a very nice man although we obviously disagree about many things Both Keenan and O rsquo Brien are now desperate They had

In a comment on my blog post from this morning reader Michael Liddy points out that the Stupak Amendment does not in fact prohibit insurance companies from offering plans in the exchanges that cover abortion It only requires that the companies offer an identical plan that does not cover abortion