The special election of Massachusetts Republican State Senator Scott Brown appears to doom the latest Congressional effort to broaden health services in America If history is any guide it may be a decade before anyone tries again to rationalize America s health delivery service offering effective
I have been musing about what it means to be beginning Ordinary Time for 2010 In one sense the term has a simple liturgical meaning Ordinary Time begins on the Monday after the Second nbsp Sunday of the Year The Baptism of the Lord There is paradoxically no first Sunday in Ordinary Time
John Rivera of Catholic Relief Services spoke with America today about the agency s relief efforts and its plans for helping to rebuild the country following last week s earthquake You can listen to our conversation here Tim Reidy
As someone who spent most of his childhood summers well two weeks of them every August at the Jersey Shore and as The New Yorker points out no one ever says Jersey Shore it s either the Shore or the Jersey Shore I lament this bizarre nbsp series nbsp now coming to the close of its fi
There was a common theme among White House operatives and liberal commentators yesterday David Axelrod appearing on MSNBC promised the President would continue fighting to address the anxieties felt by middle class voters Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the results in the special election in Massach
This good news was sent to us from the Ignatian Pro-Life Net- work led by US Jesuits Students from Jesuit universities and high schools from across the country will gather in DC this week for the annual lsquo March for Life rsquo there they will pray sing chant and march in support of the unb