T. Walter Herbert argues that the Iraq war was undertaken with ardent devotion to a misplaced faith.

The Urgency of Now; The Cost of Uranium; Descartes in Pennsylvania

Drone operators suffer high rates of post traumatic stress disorder.

States Right$ Maryann Cusimano Love (“The Defense Dilemma,” 3/8) points out the incredible waste in defense programs. To her credit she allots blame not just to the military and their contractors but also to the legislators. Bureaucracies are inherently wasteful and inefficient. The Defe

Unlike the prose of some childrens books, 'The Purples are Coming!' has a spritely, imaginative style.

A review of the Quadrennial Defense Review

What is any of us willing to sacrifice for the common good?

We did not get ashes on Ash Wednesday last year. Late in the evening a few days after our three-year-old daughter’s heart surgery, I realized what day it was. We would not make it to the parish in time to receive ashes, I told my wife. With pitch-perfect insight, she turned to me. “Babe,

It was less than a month ago Ash Wednesday that I wrote on 2 Corinthians 5 20-6 2 The second reading for the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2 Corinthians 5 17-21 overlaps with the Ash Wednesday passage in a substantial manner I wrote then that Paul is indeed making an official offer a guaranteed of

Cambridge MA Saturday March 13 As you know I generally leave to others the hottest issues of the day preferring to offer for your reflections comments on less noticed topics that captivate me at least most recently the relevance of the medieval Hindu poet saints Antal and Tirumalisai Piran to

Since so many of our blogposts lately have thanks to recent nbsp events nbsp dealt with homosexuality same-sex marriage and so on here s a gay Catholic speaking about what it means to be one nbsp Andrew Sullivan author former editor of The New Republic and blogger on The Daily Dish at Pri

The Prodigal Son parable has many notable aspects to it nbsp I wish to point up two of them First the figure of the prodigal presents less than what we might hope for nbsp That is the motive for his return to his father is simply getting something good to eat regularly nbsp His motive is no

nbsp As Tom Beaudoin mentioned in his post below the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress begins this week and will attract over 40 000 Catholics to the Anaheim Convention Center for Masses workshops lectures and--my guiltiest pleasure--spending my limited stipend on all the new Cat

nbsp As a native and in my heart current Philadelphian I am totally biased about the new film that Kerry Weber has reviewed The Art of the Steal about the highly controversial move of the little-known-but-now-much-more-well-known Barnes Foundation a small museum in Merion Pa in

I have found myself marveling this week at the small parade of gay-outings among U S politicians Like previous media outings of closeted politicians these expose men who have often built their reputations and careers on their passion for family values and their antipathy to anything that smacks o

Cardinal Christoph Sch ouml nborn conservative Archbishop of Vienna and an ordinary to Austria s Eastern Rite Catholics said this question should be considered as part of an ldquo unflinching examination rdquo of the possible causes of the scandal From The Times These included ldquo the iss

Expressing our desires brings us into a closer relationship with God Otherwise it would be like never telling a friend your innermost thoughts Your friend would remain distant When we tell God our desires our relationship to God deepens Desire is a primary way that God leads people to discove