Thanks to historian David O Brien for sending us this reflection on the life of Joe Cunneen who passed away in July Joe Cunneen passed away July 29 at the age of 89 For almost fifty years from his family s famously crowded basement with his wife Sally and his friend Bill Birmingham Joe produce

Just posted to our Web site a report on the status of Coptic Christians in Egypt from David Pinault of Santa Clara University My sharpest memory from Cairo is what my driver said al-Masih biygarribna ldquo Christ is testing us rdquo I rsquo d hired Sami to drive me around the city As soon as

Cardinal Dolan s decision to help close the G O P convention assuming Hurrican Isaac doesn t beat him to it has been the source of some controversy You may have heard Anyways this is naturally not the first time that a prominent Catholic has stepped into the U S political fray during a hotl

One of the subthemes of reportage on Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is the extent to which he embodies what he is supposed to embody as the first Generation X candidate Some commentators have seen in Ryan s politics a reflection of the pragmatic post-utopian do-it-yourself su

We were sad to learn today of the death of Joshua Casteel a veteran of the Iraq War who sought early discharge as a conscientious objector Pax Christi USA has posted reflections on Josh which you can read here And here is an excerpt from the nbsp documentary Soldiers of Conscience in which J

The selection of Catholic Paul Ryan as running mate to Mormon Mitt Romney has done more than create the G O P rsquo s first non-Protestant presidential ticket it has dramatically altered the Romney campaign rsquo s cautious course and highlighted the importance of the Catholic vote to Romney strat