Today the US Conference of Catholic Bishops nbsp added its voice to those supporting the union rights of Wisconsin s public employees Supporting the nbsp clear stand of the Wisconsin Catholic Conference nbsp a letter by Bishop Stephen Blaire in his capacity as Chairman of the Bishops Committee

I attended last night a private screening in London of The Way a film starring Martin Sheen and written and directed by his son Emilio Estevez which opens September 30 in the U S Both Sheen and Estevez were on hand afterwards for a Q amp A with a largely Christian and highly appreciative audien

Cambridge MA Readers who have been patient enough to follow this blog series from the start one two three four five will not be surprised to learn that for Swami Prabhavananda in The Sermon on the Mount according to Vedanta has a straightforward reading of the first part of the Gospel for

Our latest online Culture piece sees associate editor Kevin Clarke considering the implications terrible serious probable likely funny of Watson the IBM supercomputer trouncing two Jeopardy champions at their own game nbsp Whither nbsp the relationship between humans and computers nbs

Fr Raymond Schroth points out in Why Johnny Can t Write some saddening observations about the lack of writing assignments in college classes particularly among education and business majors Today my very own education and psychology students will be reading here and I hope they click the link

What matters more of course are the lives lost But it s always symbolic when an earthquake destroys -- or in this case half destroys -- a cathedral because there are few buildings more solid Reports suggest that the 150-year-old Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch has been sever