Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church have come out with the definitive pronouncement on the case of the 9-year-old Brazilian girl who was raped by her stepfather and...

As you know, the Swiss have decided to grant Roman Polanski bail: A bracelet will allow police to monitor Polanski , but the device does not include a global positioning system to track him should he escape. “We can only check if the person is at...

On Broadway early this morning, all the stores on the Upper West Side--Loehmann's, Barnes&Noble, etc.--were open but the traffic was puny. The one notable exception was the new Apple store, it was packed. But, the odd thing was that half the people...

The Swiss grant bail to Roman Polanski on the assumption that as a responsible father he will, especially in view of his advanced age, attach greater importance to the financial security of his family than a younger person." If it were me, my...

Photo by frozenchipmunk If you are a Roman Catholic archbishops in Dublin you're thankful that Irish law makes blasphemy a crime. Incidentally, if you are an archbishop you also try defend the sexual abuse of children like so: More than twice as...

Preparing to watch the 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. A combination of a totalitarian Mayor (he mucked up Broadway so bad the parade had to go off Broadway for the first time in its history) and an ability to pay a lot for your apartment...