Reformulating Reform In my review of Bishop Geoffrey Robinson’s book Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church (3/10), I professed a profound sympathy for much of Bishop Robinson’s analysis of the clerical sexual abuse scandal. Indeed, I believe that his analysis of much of what a

Catholic human rights groups part ways with Amnesty International.

Fidelity to a particular place or person means saying no to a number of other opportunities

George W. Bush’s victory in 2004 has been credited to Latino voters. Some political commentators have even claimed that a majority of Latinos elected Bush in the 2004 presidential election. The statistics disprove the latter claim. Yet Latino votes in certain swing states did lead to a Bush wi

The Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez was heading back to his office one day when he came upon a homeless African-American man playing Beethoven on a battered violin at a busy street corner Lopez learned that the man Nathaniel Ayers had once been a promising student at the famed Juilliard S

Now that the general election season is underway we are beginning to hear absurd mantras like True leaders don t change their minds My opponent flip flopped My thinking on fill in the blank is the same today yesterday and tomorrow I find this certitude bordering on idolatry--and it

First John McCain and now President Bush have announced support for lifting the ban on offshore drilling along America s coastline in response to the rise in gas prices This is an idea that only an oil man could love but then of course Bush is an oil man so we should not be surprised McCain

The image of a classic Catholic pol is Mayor Richard Daley or someone very much like him Daley built and ran a political machine that used patronage and politics to deliver government services to his constituents and re-election victories to himself His son has carried on the tradition and it is a

An ABC News Washington Post poll this morning focuses attention on independent voters those who do not identify with either political party Increasingly this is the largest group of the electorate as partisan identification declines for both Democrats and Republicans The bad news for John McCa

The frontline in the abortion wars is no longer the Supreme Court If Roe v Wade was overturned tomorrow most states would enact its provisions legislatively Some might include restrictions on late term abortions which would be a fine thing but most abortions are not late term Crisis pregnancy