John Gehring senior writer at Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good CACG does a fine job taking on the arguments of Rev Michael Orsi research fellow at uber-conservative Ave Maria University The title of Orsi rsquo s article Bishops Wrong Health Care Not a Right has at least the virtue

As I explained in this week s Of Many Things our culture section will nbsp feature web only material which may escape notice of those who contumaciously nbsp cleave only to the print edition of the magazine nbsp This week two offerings nbsp a review of the new movie Julie amp Julia a dua

The New York Times reported today that Mike Seeger the half-brother of folk legend Pete Seeger and an accomplished folk singer and music historian himself died of blood cancer at the age of 75 A founder of the New Lost City Ramblers and a collector of Southern musical treasures like much of his

Members of Congress have no choice really They must work within the constraints of what is politically feasible But ordinary citizens need not at least not always Attempting to free myself from such constraints I have temporarily put aside all the big-picture proposals currently being discuss

It is only ten months since the last election and already congressional votes are being scrutinized based on how they will affect the 2010 midterms This morning rsquo s Post has an especially good take by an especially smart commentator Chris Cillizza whose columns have become must-reads in DC

Barbara Ehrenreich nbsp is my favorite social critic nbsp Her book Nickel and Dimed On Not Getting by in America saw Ms Ehrenreich take on a minimum-wage job as a waitress to see if she could make ends meet nbsp The journalist wanted to investigate whether the pervasive myth of the lazy poo