In All Things

Democrats have been worried the GOP would mount some kind of foreign policy crisis to steer voters away from supporting the relatively inexperienced barack Obama Well yesterday U S forces crossed into Syria in pursuit of terrorists I read about it on page A9 of this morning s Hartford Courant

First Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput criticized Democratic nominee by name and suggested that those who support him of having done a disservice to the Church confused the natural priorities of Catholic social teaching undermined the progress pro-lifers have made and provided an excuse for some

Winding up the Synod in Rome on the Word of God yesterday Catholic bishops from across the world endorsed a gadget They called for increased distribution of the Bible in the largest variety of our planet s languages — nothing new there — before adding that the voice of the divine word must

Cambridge MA I have been feeling at least mildly guilty lately mdash as an occasional blogger who has written hardly a word about the presidential election except to point out how unimaginative and inane most of our inter religious thinking has been when it comes to politics and what we do or

Posada a nbsp moving film about unaccompanied immigrant children which we profiled in nbsp a January 2007 issue of nbsp America nbsp garnered nbsp the nbsp Best Short Documentary Award from the 2008 Orlando Hispanic Film Festival on October 12 nbsp Congratulations Felicidades to Mark McGregor

One of the reasons there is such a wide divergence in various polls is their methodology Some only use land lines and some include cell phone-only voters It makes a difference

The conventional wisdom about the 2008 election is nearly unanimous John McCain closed the gap with Barack Obama when he emphasized cultural and moral issues especially in his vice-presidential choice of Sarah Palin who put some lipstick on the often angry face of social conservatism But the Wa

Tomorrow on WHYY s Radio Times nbsp from Philadelphia I will be doing a live discussion about the politics of abortion in the 2008 election with Amy Sullivan from Time magazine and program host Marty Moss-Coane from 10-11 AM Be sure to tune in on the radio or online

We had a panel discussion at Catholic University yesterday on the Catholic Vote in the 2008 election You can see it on C-Span by clicking here The central question was this Is there a Catholic vote anymore and if so what will drive it in the 2008 election cycle The different panelists had th

Not even buses can escape the great British punch-up between revivified religion and its old-fashioned opponent in the opposite corner aggressive atheism The idea of atheists advertising on the sides of buses the non-existence of God was first suggested in an online article nbsp for the Guardian i