The Anne E Casey Foundation released their ldquo 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book rdquo today and it did not make for encouraging reading According to the report after showing dramatic improvement between 1996 and 2000 the condition of America rsquo s children has been in a significant decline since
45 000 Verizon employees have now returned to work following a two-week strike but it seems the dispute is just beginning The two sides agreed to resume negotiations but there are few signs of goodwill between them Verizon is the principal phone service provider in the Northeastern United States
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp In March I made my yearly pilgrimage to Anaheim not to Disneyland but to the Catholic Religious Education Congress sponsored by the Los Angeles Archdiocese where I am always provoked and energized by the workshops offered I am sti
Cambridge MA In my last blog just two days ago I promised a follow-up in which I reflected further on ldquo the Hindu-Christian dialogue of the future rdquo which ldquo will be more comprehensive and engaging than any we have known up to now since we can no longer give without receiving rd
Ten years ago I was preparing class in my room at Saint Peter rsquo s College in Jersey City when the phone rang It was my friend Bryan Kelly a recent Fordham grad and member of the swimming team calling from Tokyo where he was studying for an MBA A few weeks before we had met in New York