May 2009

Roxana Saberi was released today from Evin prison in Tehran where she has been held since January on what the U S State Department has called ldquo baseless rdquo charges of spying for the United States government Sentenced in April to eight years in prison by Iran rsquo s Revolutionary Court

Pope Benedict XVI rsquo s address at the al-Husseini Mosque in Amman Jordan is the best signal we have had since the dialogues that followed ldquo Common Word rdquo initiative 2007-08 of the Holy Father rsquo s attitude toward Islam In a speech to Islamic religious leaders diplomats and educ

Readers will know where I stand on the controversy surrounding the University of Notre Dame s decision to award President Obama an honorary degree next Sunday at their commencement But I have to tip my hat to Rick Garnett a law professor at Notre Dame who takes the opposite position in today s U

There is a time and a place for coming together and a time and a place for separation and distinguishing We American generally applaud the separation of Church and State for example even though we collectively turn our thoughts heavenward on Thanksgiving Day This weekend the walls in our culture