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It looks like Obama was a bit too inclusive last Tuesday when he included non-believers in his inaugural address:  “For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus – and non-believers.”  When he said non-believers, a few people around me…

Thirty-six years ago today, women were legally granted a basic right of conscience. In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that women, rather than politicians, appointed boards of physicians, or review panels, were the ones to decide whether or not to have an abortion.  Since then, the issue of abortion has inflamed cultural wars…

The New York Times reports:  “Saying that “our ideals give us the strength and moral high ground” to combat terrorism, President Obama signed executive orders Thursday ending the Central Intelligence Agency‘s secret overseas prisons, banning coercive interrogation methods and closing the Guantánamo Bay detention camp within a year.” Today we can be proud Americans again.  

It is not often that one comes across a way to approach the abortion debate that is new…so imagine my surprise and delight when I read the challenging piece on faithfuldemocrats.com that raised theological questions about this debate I had never heard nor considered.   Democrats and progressives have been making significant strides by focusing our…
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