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I think we all recognize that poverty in our nation has increased in the past three years, but what is not so much discussed...

I feel curiously vindicated after reading Frank Rich's column:- http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/opinion/04rich.html?hp My cognitive dissonance theory of the unreasonable attitudes towards the Obama Presidency by some quarters on...

So the evidence stacks up against the Vatican's spin that the issue of child abuse by priests wasn't merely an American problem, as they...

I. History of Nowruz Imagine it’s the fifth century before the Common Era, on a plain bejeweled with a magnificent palace complex and flowing gardens,...

I just read this, and can’t believe I’ve never heard of it. Has anyone else? I am posting the article in its entirety. Am...

Like most Catholics, former Catholics, fallen Catholics, broken Catholics and my favourite term, Catholic survivors, I have a complicated relationship with the Catholic Church. I...

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If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two they would cut each other's throats,...

This is either a brilliant strategic move by the GOP to put Dems and Pres. Obama on the spot or the polling may be...

Having been an avid consumer of progressive media for more than 10 years, I've been noticing my own growing disinterest in the format. I've...