November 3, 2008

Dexter Filkins' 'The Forever War,' reviewed

Reading Catholic and Feminist has been a strange experience The book centers on the years between 1960 and 1980 a two-decade slice of American Catholicism as lived by women and a few men trying to be true to their faith and their feminism The strangeness I felt stems from my coming of age durin

Sovereignty is one of the most contested and yet indeterminate concepts in the field of political science The casual observer will know that it has something to do with ldquo unity of power rdquo ldquo legitimate right to govern rdquo and ldquo absolute control of territory rdquo but may st

Dedication of St. John Lateran, Nov. 9, 2008

'No one needs to be told that newspapers are nearing their end days.'

Remembering Jon Hassler, the author of grace-filled Catholic fiction.

Encourage Savings, Gekko & Aquinas