Jim McDermott

Last week New York Magazine published a great profile of well-known author Gay Talese who is writing a new book about his 50-year marriage to Nan A Talese a long-time publisher at Random House nbsp Talese gained particular notoriety after publishing Thy Neighbor s Wife a provocative expose on

I rsquo ve found the conversation on Mary Ann Glendon very interesting and wanted to follow up on some of the points made nbsp nbsp Hopefully my comments will clearly respect the points of view of those who shared them that rsquo s certainly my intent nbsp I completely appreciate Professor G

It was announced yesterday nbsp that Mary Ann Glendon Harvard Law professor and former U S ambassador to the Holy See has now declined to receive the Laetare Medal from Notre Dame at graduation in May out of concerns arising from the school s decision to invite President Barack Obama to speak

The Audit Bureau of Circulations released its spring figures on newspaper circulation for the six months ending March 31 2009 nbsp And they are scary particularly for some of the newspapers that are already in trouble nbsp The Boston Globe daily dropped 13 6 to 302 638 its Sunday decreased

In Australia and New Zealand April 25th is Anzac Day a moment in which Australians and New Zealanders remember the sacrifice made by their soldiers in their ultimately failed attempt to overcome the Turks at Gallipoli during World War I It s a day of solemnity in some way similar to our own Vetera

Everywhere I look this week all I hear about is Susan Boyle the British woman who wowed the judges of Britian s Got Talent with her performance of I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables nbsp She s got a great voice a nice story and a wonderfully pleasant funny personality nbsp But that s

Are you wondering whether you can have your Catholic wedding outside nbsp Trying to figure out how to get your special day in the church of your dreams even though you re not registered there and have no desire to go there ever again Are you frustrated that some old priest whose most contempora

IIn a recent meeting with Mexican government officials Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attributed the growing violence in the country to aggressive druglords and announced that the United States would stand shoulder to shoulder with Mexico against them nbsp The criminals and kingpins sprea

A strange fun tidbit the alignment of Venus and Mercury relative to Earth today creates a very slight upward gravitational pull which is actually just enough to be sensed Many will feel a certain lightness in their step if you get on a scale your weight will be slightly less nbsp And the real