One of the more interesting findings from the Florida exit polls last week was how poorly John McCain did among those who are frequent church-goers Among those who attend church more than once a week McCain came in third with 24 of the vote behind Mike Huckabee with 40 and Mitt Romney with 26

Florida is practically giddy today over last night s win not for McCain or Clinton but for the sunshine state itself which had its first decisive presidential primary in recent memory A Florida Boost blares the front-page headline of The Miami Herald The state s leading newspaper observed

There are so many passages in the Bible that lend themselves to the development of an ecojustice perspective Such a section is found in the Wisdom of Solomon a relatively little known and even less frequently cited source of ancient Israelite wisdom It is a reinterpretation of an earlier traditio

Listening to Juan Williams on Fox News cite Hillary Clinton s continued lead in national polls as evidence that the race was still hers to lose two words came to mind Rudy Giuliani If anyone ever wondered about the value of a national poll the ever-shrinking candidacy of Giuliani should persua

Analysts will spend the next few days sorting through the exit poll data checking crosstabs to determine how and why Barack Obama managed to lap Hillary Clinton beating her by 28 points 55 to 27 in South Carolina s primary But three facts stand out Hillary Clinton lost the female vote

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This essay aired as a commentary on NPR Weekend Edition on Sunday January 6 I watch what I do to see what I really believe Belief and faith are not just words It s one thing for me to say I m a Christian but I have to embody what it means I have to live it So writing this essay and kn

Bill Clinton had another tantrum yesterday The Clintons ran a highly deceptive radio ad attacking Obama a South Carolina official who supports Obama challenged its veracity and the press asked the former president about it Clinton blamed the Obama campaign for feeding the story to the media a

The 35th General Congregation is the first where the world has been able to follow along nearly in real time--thanks to the Internet--the workings of the Congregation Creighton s website and Don Doll s photos have helped many feel a sense of closeness to the proceedings Pictured above f

A brief excerpt and then a link to the full text of Father Adolfo Nicolas s Homily at the Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday the day after his election as Jesuit Superior General He began by noting that it was not a message for the whole world but instead a simple homily And then this exc