Michael Gerson begins his column this morning there is a problem with the Post website so I can t provide a link with a list of those cities attacked by Islamicist fanatics since 9 11 London Madrid Bali and now Mumbai The list is familiar but it is strange to see a former GOP operative recit

The Anchoress over at her blog has been welcoming people to an online vespers service in which she accompanies the listener through the church s evening prayer nbsp In this one she gives a little homilette nbsp It s another clever new way to pray online nbsp If St Paul were alive tod

Finally the Bush Treasury Department has hit on a good idea According to this morning rsquo s Washington Post the Treasury is planning to intervene in the mortgage market directly purchasing mortgage-backed securities on new loans if the lending banks lower their rates to 4 5 percent Because th

The name may not be familiar to America readers but Tooker is among the most important living American artists according to America editorial director Karen Sue Smith who reviews an exhibition of of his work here for America Connects George Tooker A Retrospective will be at the National Acade

Robert Harrison is a Stanford-based radio personality who hosts a weekly program Entitled Opinions on the life of the mind nbsp Some recent guests on Entitled Opinions have been famous intellectuals and leaders nbsp including Rene Girard and Google s Vinton Cerf Yesterday December 2 Ha

The decline in women rsquo s vocations has meant that their numbers are not only smaller year by year but that the average ages of individual members has sharply risen As a late-life convert it was not my good fortune to have nuns as teachers in the non-Catholic schools I attended but those I ca