Maureen Gaffney, a clinical psychologist, is chairwoman of the National Economic and Social Forum of Ireland.  The Forum advises the government on economic and social issues.  Her editorial in the Irish Times, titled "The Church's view of sex the...

You know it's gone to hell when the best rapper out there is a white guy and the best golfer is a black guy. Charles Barkley

In 2005, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans established a four-year, $125 million partnership with Habitat for Humanity, a program that was set to end in 2009.  Instead the partnership will continue into 2010 with a $15 million pledge announced Thursday...

Pay attention to Elizabeth Warren, who knows whereof she speaks.  She notes that one in five of our fellow citizens are unemployed or underemployed.  One in nine can't make the minimum payment on their credit cards.  One in eight mortgages is in...

The here-to-fore eminent historian, Garry Wills, does his mea culpa at the New York Review of Books for supporting President Obama in last year's campaign.  Despite candidate Obama saying that Afghanistan was a necessary war, Wills appears surprised...