Nowhere in the New York Times in 1990 writes Peter Steinfels in his last Beliefs column today ldquo was there a regular treatment of religion for readers with a special interest in the topic as there was obviously for business and sports but also for science art architecture and many other

Democrats do not know whether to pity former Vice President Dick Cheney or to vilify him Once again he has launched criticisms of President Obama rsquo s security policies that are more partisan than professorial akin to the kind of thing a mid-level communications director would say more than th

Off and on over the past several months I ve been listening to and watching performances of Wilco s song Theologians from their 2004 album A Ghost is Born I come to the song more as someone presumably addressed by the title than as a Wilco devotee I cannot help but hear this song as a rebuke

David Gibson puts together a useful analysis of the media s handling of an apparent divergence of opinion between the U S C C B and the Catholic Health Association on the health care reform package see Jim Martin s nbsp previous post nbsp on this and the possible use of federal money to pay for a

Determined to locate something positive to say before the editorial close of 2009 this reporter did not have to poke around the net too long before finding news to be happy-new-yearish about despite the bad economy and high unemployment national crime stats continued to trend downward in 2009 A

For the past 25 years on Passover my wife and I have hosted a first night Seder for our friends While the main attraction is often my spouse rsquo s remarkable talents in the kitchen for us it is about sharing the deep meaning of this festival with friends ndash - many of whom are not Jewish Ou