Those least responsible for our flood of climate change concerns are bearing the brunt of the storm. A year after the twin blows of Hurricane Irene and the...
Author - Kevin Clarke
Can an ambassador’s death be the seed of a better future? The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. So what happens when the martyr whose blood is...
Solutions to poverty’s big challenges don’t come in smaller packages. Jesus warned that the poor we will always have with us. There are times when we seem to...
The world needs a wake-up call to save a population at risk of meeting a violent end. What is happening today in the Nuba mountains is exactly a carbon copy of...
Bonding with those most in need can yield big returns. To paraphrase Winston Churchill’s famous observation on democracy: Capitalism is the worst system in the...
Banning the Big Gulp isn’t enough to tip the scales in America’s obesity epidemic. Gluttony is the only one of the not-so-magnificent seven that is literally a...
Getting our nation’s budget priorities in order will require a show of solidarity. Thanks to Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, somewhat arcane Catholic...
Arguments for U.S. military action in Iran feel like a case of deja vu all over again. The dangers of war erupting this year with Iran are the greatest they’ve...
The special interest groups pulling legislators’ strings can no longer hide in the shadows. The shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida has...
Those who’ve become last in the unemployment line should be our first priority. The good news in the January Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report...






