Who knew the Scots placed such a high value on compassion The land of Henry Knox champion of Calvinism and Father of Presbyterianism of forbidding landscapes and cold castles Scotland released Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of a PanAm jetliner over L

ght now the data from the U S Census Bureau are about to become obsolete a new report is expected at the end of this month It will provide information for 2008 What we have currently is information for 2007 and it rsquo s the best we have I haven rsquo t read the entire report but I have loo

Oh boy nbsp My friend The Anchoress is sure to get nbsp deluged with comments about this post on a fellow blogger who has decided to receive Communion without having been received in the Catholic church Rick at Brutally Honest for whom I have a deal of affection and he rsquo s been a a provo

To build on Michael Sean Winter s post immediately below here is David Gibson on what he calls Obama s Altar Call for Health Care Reform nbsp on PoliticsDaily Obama was clearly ramping up his rhetoric in an effort to counter the strident attacks He punctuated each claim from opponents -- about

An alliance of faith-based groups held a hugely successful conference call with President Obama last night to discuss health care reform 140 000 people participated in the call which featured a variety of lay and clerical leaders many with personal stories of the consequences of the lack of unive

Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa Oklahoma has decreed that all Masses he celebrates in the cathedral will henceforth nbsp be ad orientem facing East back to the people facing the high altar nbsp H t to David Gibson at Commonweal nbsp For those of you a few years ago that thought that Pope