Politics and its Discontents

Anyone who reads this blog regularly probably knows that I am something of a cynic when it comes to our species. Sure, there are many excep...

Whether it is due to what has been called The Francis Effect or the increasingly severe weather that so many parts of the world are experie...

When moral imperatives and climate change denial meet head on, you know who feels they occupy the higher ground when The Heartland Institute...

At least. that's what I infer from the blather of Catholic League President Bill Donohue: No doubt, obeisance to the corporate age...

You know that when Fox News starts howling , someone is doing something right. The reactionary network is issuing dire warnings: Fox News...

Yesterday, The Mound of Sound had a post on the role that Pope Francis is playing in the climate change debate. Given his growing moral aut...

Since he was elected to the position, I have written several posts related to Pope Francis; several of them express a renewed hope that t...

Hmmm. I can think of some who might resist this perspective : “God reveals himself not as one who stands above and who dominates the unive...

Given past American behaviour, Pope Francis had better be careful if he begins to practise what he preaches, considering what Noam Chomsky ...

I suspect that as a lot of us get older, especially with the context that the years behind us provide, it is difficult not to submit to de...

For the first time in decades, I feel a modicum of optimism about organized religion. The new Pope, Francis, is breaking the centuries-lon...

I am finding more and more to like about the new Pope everyday. I am certain his distinction between faith and ideology will enrage some on...

As The Disaffected Lib pointed out yesterday , Pope Francis seems to be making a real effort to bring a new tone and substance to the Church...

The new Pope, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, has a very interesting past ; I can't help but wonder if our press will want to res...