A micro-controversy related to last Spring s drawn-out battle over whether or not the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act PPACA the nation s engine of health care reform included end-run bureaucratese that would allow federal funding for abortion was stirred up by the release of guideline

Department of unintended consequences The excommunication of Sister Margaret McBride has apparently drawn the attention of the ACLU CNS reports In a July 1 letter to the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services the ACLU said the Phoenix case and others cited in an

The saga of South African Bishop Kevin Dowling s incendiary address which was up before being down and then up again on the good old internet took a step or two closer to truthiness when NCR was able to wrangle some kind of explanation from Dowling about the speech he presented June 1 before a sma

There is much bad news in the press today about a Waterbury CT priest who appears to have failed his community in just about every way possible By chance I came upon the story of another Waterbury CT priest who ran his race a little better I thought it might be worth sharing for those folks in W

The address by South African Bishop Kevin Dowling has been reposted at Independent Catholic News So far no explanation as to why it was taken down from the site editor Owing to the rather frank tone of the address there has been some speculation swirling around the net that may be getting ahead o

The Israel Defense Force rsquo s Military Advocate General has decided to discipline or indict a number of officers and soldiers for their conduct during winter 2008-2009 rsquo s controversial ldquo Cast Lead rdquo operation in Gaza An IDF staff sergeant has been indicted for manslaughter for all

Pretty busy news day Some of the stories we are following The Justice Department has finally weighed in on Arizona s controversial get tough on illegal immigration law filing a lawsuit to overturn SB 1070 It also asked the federal courts to grant an injunction to stop enforcement of the measure

A venerable New York institution closes its doors.

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ldquo While the crash only took place six months ago I am convinced we have now passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources intelligence and character of the people of the United States mdash that