‘Animal abuse? I don’t look at it that way. It’s not testing cosmetics. It’s trying to save my life.”So says Eileen Youtie, a breast cancer patient who, according to a Dec. 14 report from the Associated Press, is paying more than $30,000 to test various chemotherapy dru

It was no surprise that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted on all 30 counts in the Boston Marathon bomber trial on April 8; in an opening statement, his attorneys had conceded his guilt in the April 2013 horror at the finish line. The State of Massachusetts bars the use of capital punishment, but Tsarn

Massachusetts bishops reject the use of capital punishment.

'Taking a human life is wrong; a slap in the face of hope'

General could be deported from U.S. for war crimes during El Salvador civil war

Netanyahu threw all caution—and hope for a resolution of this 67-year conflict—to the wind.

Republicans and Democrats sanctify individual choice in different ways.

We’d all do well to hesitate before calling someone a criminal, before calling a cop a thug.

As much as we might hope that show business is a show—that is art—it’s also a business.

'All Good Books Are Catholic Books,' by Una M. Cadegan