I must admit that my next-day reaction to the news that Osama Bin Laden is dead is a great and profound apathy. I imagine that my sentiment would be similar to having…
My first reaction to hearing Bin Laden was killed was sadness. My thoughts were of the three thousand people that died on 9/11. I thought of those forced to leap from the…
Back when the “kinetic military action” (formerly known as war) began in Libya a few months ago, I suggested that it was not a humanitarian action, but rather taking sides in a…
The Faculty Senate of Notre Dame inexplicably and horrifyingly voted down a resolution of support for either Father Jenkins’s participation in the March for Life or the recommendations of his Task Force…
It is official!! More than one million people have attended a special mass in St Peter’s Square in Rome to mark the formal beatification of Pope John Paul II. ‘From now on…
Remember when some evangelist said that the hurricane in New Orleans was a punishment from God and everyone freaked out on him. Well, Brian Williams is essentially saying the same thing in…
Laura Bush was a classy first lady. Very likable. But…and this is a big but… I’m not sure it’s cool at all for her to headline a fundraiser for a Catholic church…
I guess we should’ve seen this coming. Supporters of Fr. Pfleger protested outside the Cardinal’s residence. The crowd was upset at the Cardinal’s suspension of Father Michael Pfleger from ministry duties at…
Let’s face it, there is a dearth of men in the leadership of the Republican party and the GOP presidential field has more beta males than a Star Trek convention. After the…
