Author matthew archbold
This is a story about a really cool scientific miracle. An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son’s tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday. I’ve heard of… Continue Reading →
Jill Stanek wrote this piece on Barack Obama’s one pronounced regret in the Senate: During last night’s Democrat presidential debate, Barack Obama for the 2nd time said his biggest legislative regret thus far was voting to try to stop Terri… Continue Reading →
“Don’t Eat that Spud, Ma!” That’s how it all started as 17 year old Earl Jr. looked down at his mother’s plate at the “Eat ’til You Can’t No More” Diner. What he saw surprised him and he shouted out… Continue Reading →
In a column that appeared in Sunday’s Washington Post, a columnist asks the question on the minds of (sadly) many Catholics “I Voted for Obama. Will I Go Straight to. . . ?” He starts off heavy with the mockage… Continue Reading →
Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor in England has dismissed the entire board of directors of a Catholic hospital after they refused to bring the health center’s policies in line with the Church on abortion. The Cardinal had been arguing with… Continue Reading →
Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close to big business and pledging to repeat a bid that will “shift the power from the few to… Continue Reading →
The Editorial Board of the student run Georgetown Hoya today asks a question that many of us have asked many many times: “Where Have the Jesuits Gone?” The direction of Georgetown is no longer determined by the principles of Jesuit… Continue Reading →
Celebrities Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher and Madonna are among hundreds of patrons of a New York bar being urged by New York health officials on Thursday to get a Hepatitis A vaccination after a bartender was found to be infected…. Continue Reading →
I cannot speak too highly of confession. Right now I’m feeling good. My eight year old daughter had her first confession tonight. She’d been running a 102 degree fever all day and I told her she didn’t have to go… Continue Reading →
Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the controversial minister of Obama’s Trinity United Church in Chicago has been important in Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s life. Wright is well-known in Chicago and in the black church world for taking over a small United Church… Continue Reading →