Good question nbsp Bustedhalo has the answer in a multimedia presentation nbsp Oh and the Muzak was supposed to be a backdrop for someone who was waiting as one does in Purgatory James Martin SJ

Oftentimes we see what we want to see not necessarily what is actually in front of us on the page or in the world We take intellectual shortcuts Oh if he thinks lsquo X rsquo then he must also think lsquo Y rsquo even though there is no such connection in a given argument Sometimes these

The rush is on to conclude a global compact on climate change before the signing session due to take place in Copenhagen in December nbsp European political leaders scientists and legal experts have descended on Washington in recent weeks to educate the administration and the Congress on the impo

One hears loose talk these days about a lack of ldquo investor confidence rdquo in the Obama administration rsquo s ideas about resuscitating ldquo zombie banks rdquo those super-conglomerates whose liabilities exceed their assets nbsp For ldquo investor confidence rdquo read willing banker

All of the interesting Catholic stories have kept me from opining about Charles Freeman the man who had been selected to chair the National Intelligence Council by President Obama rsquo s incoming Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair Yesterday afternoon I saw that he had resigned and

Anna Manahan a renowned Irish actress died last week in her Waterford home at the age of 84 I never saw her on the stage but twenty five years ago I had a brief and memorable encounter with her at a brunch party given in her honor Our noisy crowd was draped all over the room and sitting on the fl