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Today is Cinco de Mayo, the commemoration of Mexico’s May 5, 1862 victory over France, but more commonly celebrated in America as a kind of Mexican St. Patrick’s Day — instead of honorary Irish partying with green beer and parading to bagpipes, honorary Mexicans drink tequila and dance to mariachi music. (Plus, neither group knows much about why they are celebrating……

As a somber reminder that the global Catholic Church has more to worry about than just its clergy abuse scandal and divisive social issues, Pope Benedict has just sent a telegram (I find it unintentionally hilarious that the Vatican still uses these) to Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa of Mosul in Iraq, expressing condolences over the four Christians…

Although U.S.officials have stood by their dismissal of the Pakistani Taliban’s efforts to claim credit for the Times Square bomb scare over the weekend, it appears that a Muslim man from Pakistan is the prime suspect. The New York Times reports that Faisal Shahzad, 30, a naturalized American citizen who lives in Connecticut, was taken into…

Yoda fans around the world are observing today, May 4, as “Star Wars Day,” in a punny take on the Jedi Knight motto: “May the Force Be With You.” (May the Force, May the 4th… get it? Geddit?!) To learn more about how the Star Wars universe borrowed themes from religious beliefs, including Christianity, Islam, and Taoism,…
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