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A very moving interview with her in Newsweek can be found here. Of the many things that touched me deeply was this question: Let’s talk about what I think a lot of cancer survivors think of as being almost harder than the physical pain: the emotional cost. And her answer: When I was first diagnosed,…

The news about the new Pope’s first book is compelling: Rich countries bent on power and profit have mercilessly “plundered and sacked” Africa and other poor regions and exported to them the “cynicism of a world without God,” Pope Benedict writes in his first book. The Pope has received almost limitless criticism for being too…

A story in The Washington Post this morning on Wal-Mart’s lobbying (and other federal lobbying) set me off on a research trail. The Center for Responsive Politics – a non-partisan group – has released a study about lobbying the federal government in 2006. The total for the year is $2.6 billion. How is that money…

It is Holy Week for Christians and there is a lot of chatter about politics. Nothing changes it seems; 2,000 years ago the story was about politics too. This week it is about “the first primary” results for 2008 presidential race. This primary wasn’t about collective votes. It was about collective dollars. In order to…

I never know what to think or how to act during Holy Week. On the one hand I know how the story ends – it ends in resurrection. On the other hand the road to resurrection is unspeakably horrible. I just don’t know. I’ve been reading through Mark’s gospel. It is extraordinary to see just…

This New York Times story speaks for itself. It is about a senior Bush official who is speaking out because of his loss of faith in the president. I know of what he speaks. Even now when I say or write things that are critical of President Bush or the administration it is from a…

So, imagine this – an “artist” has created an “anatomically correct sculpture” of Jesus crucified. Yes, fully naked, out of chocolate as if on a cross. I am generally pretty laid back about such things – artists should be able to do whatever it is that artists want to do. I may object, I may…

From today’s New York Times, news of new thinking to help the poor. The concept is simple – encourage poor families get out of poverty using financial incentives to get them to do the things that will help in the process. Under the program, which is based on a similar effort in Mexico, parents would…

After Elizabeth Edwards and Tony Snow and deep discussions of life and faith and meaning, I find myself in the need of some levity…and so, this. A friend sent it to me as justification for his changing positions on various issues. Hysterical.

Last night’s speech by President Bush was a great one.
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