The New York Times offered some great coverage of the events and emotions surrounding the final days of St Vincent s Hospital which closed for good this past Friday Staff gathered for a Mass and barbeque and offered each other support And while many mourned the loss they also remembered the goo

President Obama amplifying remarks of former Secretaty of State Condolezza Rice during the Bush administration and more recently by Vice President Biden and CENTCOM s General David Petreaus said something out loud that appears radical but is actually rather obvious resolving the long-running Mid

The second part of Jason Berry s gruesomely compelling expose of the sordid life of Maciel Degollado pictured founder of the Legionaries of Christ has been published by NCR Part 1 is here It contains more evidence of how Maciel suborned his opponents through lavish funds What is sad is how c

America's armies of compassion are still making bricks without straw.

Strategic Divide with Israel; Achieving Step One in Health Care

A Belgian priest revisits a country in transition.