The ‘seamless garment’ doesn’t fit Sheila June 2, 2009 Not the model it’s been applied to for a long time, anyway. And since President Obama held it up Read More
She’s Catholic. Maybe. Sort of… Sheila May 28, 2009 Sure, there’s buzz about the likelihood that Judge Sotomayor is Catholic, but they aren’t discussing the relevance of Read More
Save the books! Sheila May 27, 2009 Â Now we’re talking. About reading… President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will preside over the ninth National Book Read More
Usually it’s the media playing ‘Gotcha’ Sheila May 22, 2009 But they’ve been ‘got’. By a Wiki-fiddler. When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote Read More
Pope, out of context Sheila May 21, 2009 Now there’s familiar ground for Benedict. People either selectively pluck something he says out of the middle of much Read More
Since Obama brought it up in his Sheila May 21, 2009 This is a good time to take a look at this cool video from CatholicVote.org.Read More
Talk the talk Sheila May 21, 2009 President Obama has a great many admirers for (among other things) his perceived openness to dialogue with people on all Read More
Look who was silenced at Notre Dame Sheila May 20, 2009 In coverage of the commencement controversy, we’ve sure heard a lot about freedom of expression and the importance of Read More
What Notre Dame presented Obama Sheila May 20, 2009 Besides the official doctorate of laws honor, they gave him the stage. For more than rhetorical flourish. George Weigel calls Read More
The class got calculus Sheila May 18, 2009 Notre Dame’s 2009 class of graduates heard some moral calculus in President Obama’s address at their commencement. His words Read More