As President-elect Obama begins appointing officials to his administration the leftie blogosphere has been complaining that too many positions have gone to former Clinton officials which they interpret as a shift to the center And they object to it as such But the ideological origins of Obama r

Cambridge MA I have been teaching a seminar on the Bhagavad Gita reading it with two classical commentaries by Ramanuja 11th century and by Madhusudana Sarasvati 16th century and two modern commentaries by Mahatma Gandhi and by Bede Griffiths the Catholic monk who lived for many years in

Treat yourself to this Christmas video message from the children of a primary school in south London to the local councillor in charge of housing -- and prepare to shed a tear The school did a survey of the families of the schoolchildren and found that 80 per cent were in overcrowded conditions --

Father Jim Martin offers some parting thoughts on prayer in this last installment of his multi-part series You can view all of Father Jim s videos and other video segments on America s new YouTube page And keep an eye on The Good Word for video reflections on Advent and Christmas from the e

Pope Benedict XVI greeted a group of pilgrims this past weekend with a short discourse on the Feast of Christ the King that has an obvious application to the political circumstance of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States in the wake of President-elect Obama rsquo s decisive win among Catholi

Here are the notes from President-elect Barack Obama s transition team s interview of a bold non-partisan choice who came highly recommended for a cabinet position Jesus of Nazareth An excerpt nbsp nbsp 8 Briefly describe the most controversial matters you have been involved in dur