Month: October 2014

When Sen. George Mitchell receives Commonweal’s Catholic in the Public Square Award later this month, there will be little—and perhaps no—mention of his work on the Iran-contra committee and his July 13, 1987...

In the spirit of Booman’s unabashed love for the Dead, I need to admit how much I love Motorhead: I twist the truth, I rule the world, my crown is called deceit I am the emperor of lies, you grovel at my feet I rob you and...

Ukrainian parliament to debate legalization of OUN-UPA on October 14 Tass News Agency | Oct. 6, 2014 | The Verkhovna Rada will debate a draft law legalizing the OUN-UPA nationalistic organization and a possible ban on the...

Being neither gay nor Catholic, my interest in the intersection of those two groups isn’t very profound. I’m not going to say that I don’t care, because I care about how gays are treated by all world religions...

I spent the past four days in Montreal, visiting with the boy-child for Canada Thanksgiving, which corresponds with our holiday honoring that awful Columbus fellow. Since I don’t get my little Canadian for American...