It is approaching 3 00 a m here in London and in the words of Ed Miliband Britain s secretary of state for energy the people have spoken but we don t quite know what they ve said The Conservative Party had 116 seats on its so-called lsquo hit list rsquo the seats they thought they had a ch

Results continue to come in but they are uneven Earlier actual results indicated that the Conservatives were heading for an overall majority Yet the Tories are having trouble in the southwest of England wresting seats form the Liberal Democrats The Tory advance may have been checked in the south

More results coming in now The final outcome is far from certain though the swing toward the Conservatives appears to be stronger then the exit poll suggested This means that a hung Parliament might be avoided Meanwhile the high turnout has caught election officials off guard People have been

The second and third results have arrived They are also wins for Labour but there has been a sizable lsquo swing rsquo in the vote to the Conservatives lsquo Swing rsquo is the measure of the percentage change of vote from one election to another The swing in these first results is about 8

The first real results are in No surprise The Labour candidate in the Sunderland solidly Labour constituency has prevailed The real news is that the percentage change in the share of the vote for the major parties indicates that at least so far the exit poll is correct Now what will happen

The first and only exit poll has been reported by the BBC Seats in the House of Commons Conservative 307 Labour 255 Liberal Democrat 59 nbsp If this result holds it means that there will be a hung parliament as the Conservatives are 19 seats short of a majority Keep in mind however that exi

The First Readings for the Thursday and Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter continue with Acts 15 7-31 The issue of whether all Christians including Gentiles should follow the Mosaic Law was raised in Acts 15 1-6 Only ldquo after there had been much nbsp debate 15 7 rdquo did Peter state t

Millions of Britons headed to the polls today in the closest election in a generation At stake is control of the House of Commons and the chance to form the next government The challenges facing the contenders are considerable a staggering deficit not far behind Greece as a percentage of GDP a

Jack McLain a zombie and comic-book fan and Jesuit priest writes in this week s online Culture section Zombies are all the rage They can be found in reworkings of classic books nbsp and nbsp games in Apple rsquo s App Store They have even spawned a new kind of protest movement that involves

The second in a series Sometimes you experience a desire for God in very common situations for example standing silently in the snowy woods on a winter s day finding yourself moved to tears during a movie recognizing a strange sense of connection during a church service -- and feeling an inexpr

As May is ldquo Mental Health Awareness rdquo month I am acutely reminded of the deaths from Alzheimer rsquo s disease of my aunt at age 69 after a decade-long battle and my cousin rsquo s husband during this past Holy Week Two of his siblings likewise were afflicted and passed away some yea

Politico has become the must-read site for Washingtonians and others who want to be plugged in Ben Smith rsquo s blog is my favorite but I always scan the rest of the articles Their coverage of the final days of the health care debate was unparalleled But every once in awhile you discover someth

First an introduction I am a licensed clinical psychologist and a committed Catholic with a strong interest in the ways in which the Christian faith and psychology intersect As a contributor to In All Things I hope to explore these ideas and respond to readers questions about my field of study n

Tomorrow I vote nbsp And it s not easy I thought it would be made easier by the Citizens UK General Election Assembly on Monday night declaration of interest I helped organize it which was in the words of the Archbishop of Westminster last night the most interesting moment of the election

Today rsquo s first reading details a moment in the early days of the young church in a way both vivid and stylized Those reading the daily lectionary will have an even sharper sense of the unfolding of events from Acts of the Apostles The material is action-packed easy to appreciate Among its f

Last week was I thought President Obama rsquo s best week The proverbial split-screen of television news had him traveling the Midwest visiting factories sleeves rolled up talking up the beginnings of the economic recovery that is restoring consumer confidence and hopefully soon will bring d

A little more than a week after Gov Jan Brewer signed Arizona s controversial new immigration law Cardinal Roger M Mahony spoke on the moral imperative of immigration reform last night at Fordham University The event was sponsored by America and Fordham s Center on Religion and Culture At the

H T to my friend and former colleague Kevin Canfield for calling my attention to today s release of the latest album from the Hold Steady Heaven is Whenever Such an occasion should not go unnoticed so here is the early review from the Washington Post The spirituality inherent in the concert ex

The eight UN Millennial Goals were unveiled with great splash and fanfare in 2000 with 189 UN member states formally endorsing them as a sort of solemn covenant The eight goals encapsulated previously agreed upon targets from a number of special UN sessions on international development With the