Thursday, December 29, 2011

Educating for Justice


It is a challenging question, one that Benedict XVI took as his theme for the celebration of the 45th World Day of Peace on Jan. 1, 2012: “Educating Young People in Justice and Peace.”

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Feel free to ignore Iowa

The first-in-the-nation caucuses are only a few days away! Frankly, people, it will be the first big nonevent of 2012. CONTINUE

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Molotov Party

What Republican aristocrats in denial like Karl Rove can’t bring themselves to recognize is that “the most unpredictable, rapidly shifting, and often downright inexplicable primary race” they’ve ever seen is not just a conservative revolution but one that has them in its sights. CONTINUE

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Obit: John Lawrence

His courage led to a 2003 decision that read, "The state cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime." CONTINUE