In this week s New Yorker columnist Michael Kinsley describes what he calls the last competition of his aging boomer generation i e who can live longest and die the best death Read Mine Is Longer Than Yours You win if you can live longer than your peers and stay in good enough health to r

John McCain has a big problem The economy is bad and when the economy is bad it tends to push all other issues off the stage And whenever McCain has to so much as discuss the economy he looks like someone just put pins in his eyes His answers are vague or forced and he seems to lack a basic ca

If you re in the Bronx tonight join us for Cardinal Avery Dulles final McGinley lecture at Fordham University Fr Robert Imbelli of Boston College will be giving a response The event is free and open to the public Tim Reidy

As you may have discerned from Matt Malone s posts a few of us at America are besotted with John Adams the second president that is not the composer Last night I watched an advance copy of the final episode of HBO s stupendous series John Adams starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linne

John McCain is sitting pretty right now While the Hillary and Barack slug it out McCain can begin to frame the November election and to position himself as the candidate best able to attract crucial swing voters And no voters have more swing in them than ethnic Catholics concentrated as they are

The Trillion-Dollar War From the beginning, the Bush administration has refused to give an accurate and responsible reckoning of the costs of the Iraq war. From underestimating budgets to requesting funding through special supplemental appropriations, to cutting taxes for the wealthy that resulted i

Peacemaking is not an optional commitment. It is a requirement of our faith. We are called to be peacemakers, not by some movement of the moment, but by our Lord Jesus. The content and context of our peacemaking is set not by some political agenda or ideological program, but by the teaching of his C

Tales of ultimate disaster caused by global warming fill today’s media, alongside accounts of impressive new technologies for clean, green, carbon-free, earth-saving energy. New energy corporations are drawing investment capital in steady streams, hoping for a portion of the financial bonanza

Founder of Focolare Movement Dies at 88 Chiara Lubich, the 88-year-old founder and perpetually smiling symbol of the Focolare movement, died early March 14 after what Pope Benedict XVI said was “a long and fruitful life” marked by her love for Jesus. Lubich died in her room near the Foc

A father's reflections on his battle with cancer