Michael J. O’Loughlin

A couple interesting posts on the recent rash of gay suicide victims across the nation see In All Things reactions here and here First openly gay Fort Worth TX city councilor Joel Burns made a tearful plea for gay youth to avoid the temptation of despair that comes along with bullying and hatr

I spent much of this weekend reflecting on last week rsquo s post by Fr Jim Martin on what the Catholic response could be to young people who despair to the point of ending their lives because of the negative messages they receive and bullying they endure for being gay Jim rsquo s thoughtfulness t

Over at the American Spectator writer Mark Tooley takes to task the Episcopal bishops of the United States for promoting the notion that impenetrable national borders may immorally block access to basic human rights such as employment health care food education and other necessities and that t

Politicians addressing their own religiosity is nothing new in this country for sure President John F Kennedy had to promise that his public policy would not be unduly influenced by his Roman Catholic faith which was seen as threatening to the American read WASP way of life in the 1960s More r

In this Sunday rsquo s New York Times magazine political reporter Mark Leibovich profiles the meteoric rise of America rsquo s favorite fear monger Glenn Beck his colleague at FOX News Shepherd Smith once introduced Beck rsquo s program as ldquo the Fear Chamber rdquo Beck rsquo s ubiquity

Check out the images by Eric Fischer that offer stark reminders that major American cities are still quite segregated Using data from the 2000 census Fischer uses colored dots to signify the majority ethincity of people in a given area Check out some examples below red is white blue is black g

The latest issue of the Weekly Standard explores the ever-shrinking fertility rate in western countries and asks if the one-child policy is the latest Chinese import sweeping America The writer Jonathan V Last chronicles the implementation of China rsquo s policy and the potential economic and

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd continues her rant against a president she characterizes as an effete out of touch elitist who is willfully ignorant of the plights of the common person The column Myth and Madness begins as a discussion about Delaware s GOP nominee for Senate the much mali

From the October issue of the Atlantic an exhaustive profile of America rsquo s most powerful Catholic politico Vice President Joe Biden Writer Mark Bowden chronicles Biden rsquo s ascendency to President Obama rsquo s inner circle highlighting his transformation over the last two years from gaf