Both John McCain and Barack Obama took aim at each other in their respective victory speeches last night giving a preview of the general election if Obama s 10-0 run continues Both men have very different resumes and very different stances on the issues Both also have a reputation for being s

Cambridge MA A Lenten reflection I am surely not the only one who thought it sad ironic horrific to read this weekend about mistreatment of cows at the meat-packing plant Some line had been crossed and the normal slaughter of cows had given way to their mistreatment apparently as some a

This is a long post but a few commentators have asked about the news of the death this weekend of Walter J Burghardt S J the great theologian writer and well-known preacher Here is the official obituary from the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus which does a fine job of summing

Reports on the Vatican s new 86-page document on the procedures for canonization may have left some Catholics and their non-Catholic friends scratching their heads Essentially the Congregation for the Causes of saints responding to widespread concern that the saint-making process had gotten

In case you were wondering In All Things was in fact out of commission for several days since we were switching servers--something about as enjoyable as moving or root canal Our entire website was shut down for one day In any event Tim Reidy that s Maurice Timothy Reidy for those who

There are two times when a political campaign is in most danger of making critical mistakes first when a campaign stalls threatening to go into a tailspin and second when a campaign clears a tough hurdle and its self-congratulory sentiments divert it from the next task at hand Both the Clinton