I was reminded at mass last evening that yesterday Monday was the 50th anniversary of the election of Pope John XXIII and also the 50th anniversary of the death of Fr Wilfrid Parsons SJ editor in chief of America Magazine from 1925-1936 nbsp Parsons was very involved with the creation of the

In recent days any number of media outlets have noted the attacks on Sarah Palin and John McCain coming from noted intellectuals within the Republican Party such as David Brooks and Peggy Noonan Some have argued that this is yet another sign of the campaign s disarray nbsp William Kristol at t

Last night John Oliver at the Daily Show did interviews nbsp with participants at both a McCain rally and an Obama rally about the other candidate nbsp It s really quite striking -- the participants use very similar common language present some of the same basic fears only Obama gets to be a

Last night I was a panelist in a forum on race gender and religion at the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education at Fordham University One question that was raised in light of the present election is What is a real American My response was that such a question is one that

Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman were charged yesterday with threatening to assassinate Barack Obama The two men are neo-Nazis and the craziness of their plot from its fixation with numerology to its campy costuming the two intended to wear white tuxedos and top hats while slaughtering Obama a

Father Jim Martin associate editor and author of My Life with the Saints reflects on how to make the Mass a more prayerful experience A note from Father Jim That quote from St Augustine s sermons which I unsuccessfully tried to remember is If you receive worthily you are what you have