My nbsp favorite new TV show other than Monster Quest nbsp is AMC s clever series on corporate America circa 1960 Mad Men nbsp Originally I was nbsp fascinated by nbsp the show s unabashed verisimilitude to begin with everyone smokes constantly nbsp at home at parties in restau

The South was once solid for the Democrats when the GOP suffered from its identification with Lincoln and Democrats controlled all the levels of power during the Jim Crow years Then the national party broke with the South over the issue of civil rights and the GOP began to make inroads In 1968

Fernando Lugo the Catholic bishop who became president of Paraguay was sworn in last Friday His assumption on the Feast of the Assumption took place in Asuncion the country s capital named after -- you guessed it nbsp -- Our Lady of the Assumption But there are so many other remarkable fea

Saddleback Church and its pastor Rick Warren were the bigwinners of last night rsquo s presidential forum Warren sponsored the evangelical version of the Al Smith dinner the quadrennial white tie event hosted by the Catholic archbishop of New York at which presidential candidates appear albeit

Some years ago there was a discussion of the dearth of intellectual life among Catholics in the USA Jesuit priest nbsp Fr Walter Ong who died five years ago this week was one Catholic who helped change that perception Polymath English professor writer he was a scholar rsquo s scholar of

Berlusconi’s election campaign promised a severe clampdown on “Roma, clandestine immigrants and criminals”—it was one of the main reasons for his election.