Going into the 4th of July weekend I look at the political turmoil taking place in Egypt and feel fortunate to have been born in a country that had its revolution 200 plus years ago and was led by men of such singular ability George Washington Benjamin Franklin John Adams Thomas Jefferson Jame

Philosophers keep exploring the empty space left by the eclipse of religion in the West at least in the academic company they keep In his Religon for Atheists 2012 Alain de Boton perceptively described the consolations of religion and going further he suggested how atheists might ldquo despoil

Rumors are circulating that Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is either fleeing the country or under house arrest as the deadline set by the Egyptian military expires Though it is dated June 3 I 39 m presuming this is a typo the president 39 s office issued a statement see below which seems

Some have noted the lack of response from the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops to the Supreme Court 39 s decision to toss out key components of the Voting Rights Act particularly compared to the U S C C B 39 s rapid condemnation of the court 39 s DOMA decision Today the bishops issued a sta

One of the week rsquo s most dramatic responses to the Supreme Court decision overturning the federal Defense of Marriage Act DOMA came from U S C C B President Cardinal Timothy Dolan archbishop of New York when he called June 26 the day the decision was issued ldquo a tragic day for marriage

nbsp VATICAN CITY CNS -- The director and deputy director of the Vatican bank which is being investigated by a special papal commission resigned July 1 A statement from the Vatican press office said Director Paolo Cipriani and Deputy director Massimo Tulli offered their resignations quot in t