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Active duty service members are saying no to Bush’s proposed escalation of the war in Iraq. On January 16, to commemorate Martin Luther King day, messages are being delivered to Congress from more than 1,000 active duty and Guard and Reserve service members who are opposed to the war in Iraq and have signed the…

The latest news on minimum wage, Iraq, global warming, baseball, 9/11 legislation, Somalia, Iran, and selct op-eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Nice guys don’t always finish last. Cal’s counted in at Cooperstown – “To Ripken, hard-working kid from Aberdeen turned Orioles legend and baseball’s all-time…

In these days of war and more war, of too many athletes who make the news for drug use or arrests, it’s nice to have a good news story to celebrate. Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles and Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday…

I picked up my 11-year-old son from school the other day. The conversation was business as usual, until he shared how he was bored in class and wrote a letter to the president of the United States. Flabbergasted, I asked him if he would read it to me. He was against the war and any…

But I say to you that listen, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to…

We need to measure our world and the imperative for peacemaking, with an eye to justice. Whatever is unjust threatens peace. Whatever fosters justice is an act of peacemaking. – Robert McAfee Brownfrom “Making Peace in the Global Village”+ Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

The latest news on Iraq, UN ambassador, Somalia, Venezuela, Darfur, minimum wage, health insurance, and the Catholic church in Poland. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq escalation. White House Gears Up to Sell Plan for Troop Increase in Iraq– “The White House is planning an aggressive…

Tomorrow evening, President Bush will speak to the country about his plan to send more U.S. troops to Iraq. The question is, where will they come from? The military is already overstretched. The Los Angeles Times reported this morning that men and women in the National Guard and Reserve who have already served in Iraq,…

If there is among you anyone in need … do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your needy neighbor. You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be. – Deuteronomy 15:7-8+ Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

What made the teaching of Jesus different and apparently so hard to accept then as now, was that it required a critical reassessment of the structures and values and attitudes of human society as his listeners and followers shared in it. – Monika K. Hellwigfrom Jesus: The Compassion of God (The Liturgical Press, 1983)+ Sign…
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