Tony Blair who gave evidence today to an enquiry in London set up to draw lessons from the Iraq disaster has disappointed many people by refusing to express regret about his decision to go to war Unrepentant defiant nbsp righteous are some of the inevitable headline words but they stri

In October of last year I made a pilgrimage of sorts to Cincinnati Ohio a city that boasts great chili serves great Graeter rsquo s to be specific ice cream and most importantly is home to very warm people nbsp Several years ago I had spent a marvelous summer in nearby Milford Ohio at

The President sent a mixed signal about the future of health care reform in his State of the Union address His words were clear Don t walk away from reform nbsp Not now nbsp Not when we are so close nbsp Let us find a way to come together and finish the job for the American people nbsp Let

A month away from the Vatican report on the future of the Legionaries of Christ its head has written to its members asking for an end to damaging debates over the Congregation s future According to the Peru-based ACI Prensa Fr Alvaro Corcuera has sent a letter to Legionaries to ask for charity an

President Barack Obama knows how to deliver a speech about as well as anyone since Franklin Delano Roosevelt And like Roosevelt President Obama set out a vision for the coming year that focused on the economy and specifically on the way the government can lay the groundwork for economic growth

nbsp nbsp nbsp What Would Jesus Blog That is the question I tuned into on the car radio on my way home from work today Our very own AMERICA blogger Father Jim Martin was among those interviewed by NPR s All Things Considered regarding the Pope s exhortation to priests to blog on Apparently