The president, the pastor and the plot Sheila September 9, 2010 Sounds like the beginning of a joke. Or the working title for a mystery story. In reality, it’s the Read More
Praying over provocation Sheila September 8, 2010 Since September 11, 2001, most of the civilized world has understood that some people holding extreme views of their religion can commit Read More
The Fall Sheila September 6, 2010 Get ready. Congress comes back into session after Labor Day, and the Fall campaign for mid-term elections is about to Read More
Physics and metaphysics Sheila September 6, 2010 At least scientists are still tackling the question of God, though they seem self-assured that they’ve pinned it down. Read More
Laborers need “a new contract” Sheila September 6, 2010 The U.S. bishops issued their annual Labor Day statement, written by Bishop William Murphy, Chairman of the Committee on Read More
Marriage, a “difficult issue” Sheila September 5, 2010 A few years ago, the Witherspoon Institute assembled essays from nearly a dozen outstanding scholars in a book that probably Read More
Serena’s response Sheila September 4, 2010 Her infamous outburst at a line judge at last year’s U.S. Open got a lot of attention. Her Read More
Palliative care and compassion Sheila September 2, 2010 This medical specialty is intended to relieve extreme suffering in the final stages of advanced illness and give the dying Read More
Killer environmentalism Sheila September 1, 2010 Every movement has its fringe, its lone rangers, who take an ideology to radical extremes out of fervor for its Read More
After the stem cell ruling Sheila September 1, 2010 The Obama administration promised to challenge the ruling last week forbidding use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research. Read More
