A group of contributors to America offer advice to Barack Obama as he begins his presidency

A Great Gift Thank you for your review of the life of Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J. (Current Comment, 1/5). One aspect of Avery Dulles should not go unremembered: he was never too busy to take time for journalists who sought him out. I especially remember one time when I was writing a Newsweek cover s

Friends lost, now alive with God

The flaws of U.S. agricultural policy

A bishop from the U.S. military vicariate on a chaplain's duty

David Lodge rsquo s earlier books won him a reputation as one of the leading comic novelists of the past century Small World and Nice Work both send-ups of the academic world were finalists for the Booker Prize What makes nbsp several of his novels especially hilarious to America nbsp readers is

John Patrick Shanley's 'Doubt' looks at the darkness to be encountered even within the most sacred locales

I ve posted some photos from the Concert on my blog nbsp And if you didn t see any of the concert here s one of the great moments nbsp

How to describe the event at the Lincoln Memorial today hellip it was clearly part rock concert with Bruce Springsteen Bono Stevie Wonder and Beyonce heading up the excitement that had people even out at the Washington Monument dancing and jumping around At times the playlist also veered ndash

Obama T-shirts 5 nbsp T-shirts 5 nbsp Get them now -- they re gonna be 10 tomorrow nbsp Obama T-shirts 5 nbsp How can there be VIP tickets to a free event It s lucky my father-in-law is not here nbsp If my father-in-law were here he would have those line jumpers han

Obama s speech from Baltimore yesterday nbsp Here s a link to the transcript nbsp

Slate com this morning reports on the news being reported around the country Among its offerings is Maureen Dowd s column in the New York Times today which nbsp compares the incoming president with the outgoing one nbsp One seems small and inconsequential even though he keeps insisting he

On Saturday in DC I find myself being bombarded with statistics nbsp How many people will be here how many police how much it s costing nbsp Here s a first glance with due nod to Harper s Index nbsp 0 ndash Official cost of a ticket to attend the Swearing In of Barack Obama as Pr

I arrived in Washington last night on a bus out of New York nbsp It was already dark as we entered the District of Columbia even inauguration weekend the road we took into the city gave little indication that we have just entered our nation rsquo s capitol nbsp It rsquo s just a congested tw

I suppose lots of people are in count down mode as they await the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama as the 44th president of United States But those of us who live in Washington D C or its nearby environs may be more immersed than those beyond the Beltway We are trying to figure out when a fi

Swiss voters rsquo recent decision to give permanent approval to a legalized heroin program for addicts has stirred interest in other countries like Australia and Canada that are struggling with how to deal with hard-core addicts The Swiss program began in 1994 and now operates in almost two doz

America is put together on on West 56th St New York City nbsp But yesterday afternoon the action was in the Hudson River around 48th St less than one mile from here Air temperature was 20 degrees the coldest day of the year nbsp Water temperature around 34 degrees USA Flight 1549 was gaini

George W Bush gave his farewell address to the nation last night and displayed in full force what is his least endearing quality his Manichaean view of the world The Manichaens wrestled with the fact of evil in the world and posited belief in two Gods one the Lord of Light and the other the Lord

The USCCB has posted apparently without fanfare the Vatican s final report from the Apostolic Visitation of seminaries and houses of formation for religious orders from 2006 nbsp The visitation received widespread interest coming as it did after the sexual abuse crisis and in response to V