An interesting piece in the New York Times magazine about the US State Department s efforts to modernize diplomacy through the use of social networking From the article the State Department was still boxed into the world of communiqu eacute s diplomatic cables and slow government-to-government

Former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin recently appeared on FOX News with Bill O rsquo Reilly to discuss immigration in the United States O rsquo Reilly posed this question If Palin were president could she solve the immigration problem O rsquo Reilly then goes on to ldquo interview rdquo Palin

Each morning on my way to work I pass by the newest branch of the Church of Scientology It rsquo s an impressive structure recently outfitted for the transition from office building to religious center There was a grand opening a couple months ago with quite a theatrical set built out front to a

With the confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan underway Noah Feldman rsquo s op-ed in the New York Times last week looks at the expected makeup of the next Court comprised of six Catholics and three Jews He meditates on the idea that there will be no Protestants on the nation rsquo s highest benc

A colleague and I were recently discussing at a conference how in certain contexts we answer the question What do you do It rsquo s a simple and common question asked by new acquaintances old friends family colleagues and others And living in D C it rsquo s almost always the first thing

Last Saturday in Nevada Senate majority leader and candidate for reelection Harry Reid told an ebullient crowd that the Senate Democrats and the President had not forgotten immigration reform From the New York Times ldquo We rsquo re going to come back we rsquo re going to have comprehensive im

Prayer cards are nothing unfamiliar to most Catholics We get them after burying family and friends and sometimes to remind us of our devotion to a particular cause or saint Chances are you have one lying forgotten in a desk drawer or maybe on a bulletin board near your desk But as the Washi

In the wake of its controversial decision to withhold health benefits for spouses of all new employees Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Washington took another step that will inevitably alienate potential hires The Washington Post reports that Shortly after imposing limits on spousal healt

Last year I wrote a blog piece entitled A Call for Charity asking why the Vatican opposed a United Nations resolution condemning the criminalization of homosexuality and the beatings and killings of gay men and women across the globe It made no sense I wrote for the church to take this position

I spent last week in New Haven mourning the death of my grandfather and celebrating his long life I was fortunate to be with his wife of 62 years my grandmother and my aunts uncles and cousins during this difficult time My grandfather was the son of German Catholic immigrants and he served in