This past Saturday I took a 5:30am bus from Chicago to Springfield to watch Barack Obama announce his presidential bid.  The 50 or so folks on the bus were there mostly because they hoped to see history in the making — to be able to tell their grandkids they were there when the nation’s first African-American president began his campaign.  I haven’t picked sides, but I wanted to see the action first hand.   The crowd itself was indeed phenomenal... Read more

Frankly, many of Donohue's comments represent precisely what is wrong with modern political-religious discourse — propagating a message that is meant to divide and alienate. (more…) Read more

I am not one who is easily offended.  However, the Edwards statement released yesterday is wholly insufficient. (more…) Read more

Congress introduces bill seeking to prevent and curb homelessness. (more…) Read more

As Eduardo Penalver at Commonweal argues, Bill Donohue — a one-man outrage show — is probably not the best guy to be out policing blogs for civility. (more…) Read more

Today the New York Times reinforces the meme that devout Christians are necessarily conservative Christians.   The passage in question comes from the paper’s coverage today of Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s entry into the 2008 presidential fray.  In describing what the Times calls Huckabee’s “arch-conservatism,” it says that the new candidate has…   “publicly stated his support for creationism, arguing that students should be exposed to both the study of evolution and theory of creationism, which is advocated by fervent... Read more

Where is Moses when you need him?  Ah!  Circling the earth one more time, waiting for a voice from the burning bush but too far away to hear it. (more…) Read more