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

Why was Giordano Bruno burned at the stake?

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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 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

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

Disproportion in warfare is sometimes a simple matter of commonsense As Justice Potter Stewart wrote of hardcore pornography ldquo I know it when I see it rdquo We don rsquo t need philosophers and moral theologians to define it for us When we heard in Vietnam that ldquo We destroyed the vill

What rsquo s good for the goose is good for the gays Anyone who supported the selection of controversial evangelical pastor Rick Warren to give the prayer at the Inaugural ceremony must now support the selection of controversial Episcopalian bishop Gene Robinson to give the opening prayer at the Li

The fun goes on The UK advertising nbsp ombudsman nbsp may have to rule on God s existence following a complaint by Christians that a bus poster paid for by atheists violates industry standards In All Things regulars may recall the poster and the British Atheist Bus Campaign controversy which