Cambridge MA This is the third of five reflections on my recent trip to India my 12th or 13th to the subcontinent After some general comments on why I love visiting India and on caste I turn now to one of the simplest and best religious opportunities available to those who visit India and avoid
Who knew the Scots placed such a high value on compassion The land of Henry Knox champion of Calvinism and Father of Presbyterianism of forbidding landscapes and cold castles Scotland released Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of a PanAm jetliner over L
ght now the data from the U S Census Bureau are about to become obsolete a new report is expected at the end of this month It will provide information for 2008 What we have currently is information for 2007 and it rsquo s the best we have I haven rsquo t read the entire report but I have loo
Oh boy nbsp My friend The Anchoress is sure to get nbsp deluged with comments about this post on a fellow blogger who has decided to receive Communion without having been received in the Catholic church Rick at Brutally Honest for whom I have a deal of affection and he rsquo s been a a provo
To build on Michael Sean Winter s post immediately below here is David Gibson on what he calls Obama s Altar Call for Health Care Reform nbsp on PoliticsDaily Obama was clearly ramping up his rhetoric in an effort to counter the strident attacks He punctuated each claim from opponents -- about
An alliance of faith-based groups held a hugely successful conference call with President Obama last night to discuss health care reform 140 000 people participated in the call which featured a variety of lay and clerical leaders many with personal stories of the consequences of the lack of unive