A correspondent in Zimbabwe a social worker writes A power-sharing deal between the MDC and Zanu PF has been agreed This is not what Zimbabweans voted for but it seems we must make the best of it if we are to save the country from complete ruin The very people who designed and implemented the

The campaign took a sudden turn back to reality yesterday For weeks we were treated to discussions of who was and was not a celebrity lipstick on pigs bridges to nowhere and the such Yesterday with the Lehman Brothers rsquo bankruptcy bargain basement sale of Merrill Lynch and the collapse

Here s the new trailer for the film Doubt starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman based on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play by John Patrick Shanley The new movie focuses on a Catholic priest Hoffman accused of sexual improprieties by a sister Streep in 1964 The film will be o

Last night on AMC rsquo s hit drama ldquo Mad Men rdquo Father Gill the young Jesuit priest who has parked himself at the local parish returned for what is supposed to be the second part in a three-part story ldquo arc rdquo And you had to feel a little sorry for his parishioners First off

The death of David Foster Wallace who apparently took his own life last week is a permanent and perhaps underappreciated deep loss for theology in general and Catholic theology in particular As the commentary about his life and work over the last several days has begun to spell out Wallace s

The Sunday morning news shows ndash NBC rsquo s Meet the Press ABC rsquo s This Week amp c ndash are not actually watched by that many people But their power comes from two distinct sources First they interview people who actually make news Second they are watched by local news affiliat