In what will surely rank as one of the least necessary travel alerts in State Department history a warning indeed was issued today advising Americans to reconsider vacation plans in Egypt as a popular uprising in a number of ancient metropolises taunts a massive clampdown from Egypt rsquo s aged s

Civility is not a sign of weakness fifty years ago today

Reading Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams indictment of abortion provider Kermit Gosnell is hard traveling and the 260-page grand jury report is worse The grisly details of this doctor s practice is something out of a Grade B horror film Gosnell is accused of causing the death of one

The good news out of Tucson is that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords continues to improve Doctors report that she has been making spontaneous movements Trauma surgeon Dr Peter Rhee told reporters at the University Medical Center in Tucson She is getting better every day She was able to actua

The referendum in Sudan is continuing but crossed a key threshold today Organizers confirmed that the turnout percentage needed for the vote to be considered valid has been reached Chan Reec referendum commission deputy chairman told Al Jazeera news At the end of the fourth day of polling wit

In the dazed aftermath of the mayhem in Tucson there has been much digital ink spilled measuring out the blame for the attack on the indiscriminate rhetoric of America s permanent campaign culture as if specific percentages of culpability could be affixed to the loose and unpleasant lips of a Glenn

All eyes will be properly set on South Sudan in the coming days as voters in the South participate in a referendum that will likely mean the succession of Christian traditional South Sudan from the Muslim North Here s a recent editorial An alert from M eacute decins Sans Fronti egrave res nbsp pa

The story of Ted Williams a golden voiced homeless man from Columbus Ohio has captured the imagination and compassion of the nation Discovered by a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch panhandling by the side of the road Williams became an overnight YouTube sensation after he demonstrated his uni

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee became the ninth U S diocese to declare bankruptcy because of the burden of settlement claimes related to the sexual abuse of children by Catholic clerics According to a statement released today by the archdiocese A fter consultation with archdiocesan advisors Arch

Glad to see Michael s post below about the laudable Cardinal O Malley because it may provide some balance for the following The National Catholic Reporter this week captures the awesome rhetorical flourishes of Belgium s Archbishop Andr eacute -Joseph L eacute onard In a nation still reeling after