As the debt-ceiling debate stumbles toward resolution, this May 2005 column about the 2006 federal budget shows how little things have changed when it comes to...
Politics
The politics of radical individualism threatens the common good. The late philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand has long held an iconic place among libertarians...
Arizona's immigration crackdown both was inspired by and inspires fear. "Panico." That's how Joel Navarette, the coordinator of the...
Our government's use of torture puts being both American and Catholic in serious conflict, says this theologian. Theological research doesn't often...
Politics as usual doesn't inspire hope for one Catholic grandfather. Candidates ought to answer the tough questions about who they are, he says. On...
American birthright citizenship is downright Constitutional. The birther movement is at it again. No, I’m not talking about the fringe group that...
A little counseling might help get the Israel-U.S. partnership back on track. Every relationship can have its rocky patches. Plenty of marriages that have...
Let's keep Uncle Sam out of the nativity scene by reinforcing the wall between church and state. Our varied beliefs can bring us together to feed the...
Could ending our adoration of oil be the key to a peaceful future? Has the idea of American exceptionalism finally run its historical course in the big muddy...
High-tech warfare administers death from a great distance. We heard a lot over the early years of the late (once and future?) War on Terror about weapons of...
