Yesterday, President Obama announced changes to the HHS mandate requiring every employer to cover contraceptives (including early abortifacients) and sterilization. The White House is doing its best to spin this as a victory...
Read MoreToday’s announcement from the White House perhaps offers a compromise in the complexities of church/state relations. I am sure that there will continue to be responses to this new move in the days to come, but initially it...
Read MoreI feel very fortunate to have been able to attend today’s event organized by the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics and Public Life and the Chatham House. From the letter of invitation: “The end of the Cold War renewed...
Read More1 in 6 Americans are living at or below the poverty line, 1 in 5 children. What does that mean? Here’s the new video from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the anti-poverty campaign of the United States...
Read MoreGail Collins and David Brooks have a very illuminating exchange on the ongoing controversy over the contraception mandate. Brooks is, as you might expect, rather astonished at the “absolutist” stance taken by the Obama...
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