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September 16th, 2008
An Army veteran and scholar on the costs of waging peace
As a scholar, peace activist and Army veteran, David Cortright offers a unique perspective on war and peace issues. A professor at the Kroc ...
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September 9th, 2008
Nearly 30 Years After His Murder, The Slain Archbishop’s Death Haunts Salvadoran Elections
On a hot and sticky Sunday morning, pilgrims pour into the crypt of San Salvador Cathedral to pray at the tomb of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero. Grown men and women approach the tomb on their ...
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September 4th, 2008
Marc Adams gets reactions from young delegates about Gov. Palin's acceptance speech
Contributing Editor Marc Adams Video Blogs from the RNC and speaks with several young delegates to get their reactions to Gov. Sarah Palin's acceptance speech.
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September 3rd, 2008
Marc Adams Video Blogs from the RNC and speaks with a young delegate about the mixture of politics and religion.
Contributing Editor Marc Adams Video Blogs from the RNC and speaks with a young delegate about the mixture of politics and religion.
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September 2nd, 2008
Why John McCain’s running mate has changed the game
While watching Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, my conservative-leaning heart sank a little. "There's no way," I thought, ...
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August 29th, 2008
Marc Adams Video Blogs from the DNC and speaks with an Arab-American delegate from Democrats Abroad.
Contributing Editor Marc Adams Video Blogs from the DNC and speaks with an Arab-American delegate from Democrats Abroad.
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August 27th, 2008
Contributing Editor Marc Adams Video Blogs from the DNC and speaks with Politico.com's Chief political writer Mike Allen.
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August 23rd, 2008
Decades after he gave the Illinois senator his first job in community organizing, Jerry Kellman talks about Obama, his own religious conversion and both men's approaches to creating change
In the early 1980s, when Jerry Kellman interviewed a young, idealistic Ivy League graduate for a $10,000 a year job with Chicago's Developing Communities Project (DCP) ...
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August 12th, 2008
Amish teens flirt with modernity before deciding to embrace the church
Joseph Miller says he likes driving Italian sports cars, drinking tequila and partying all night—and, oh yeah, he’s an Amish teenager. “But that ...
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August 12th, 2008
The songwriter behind "Wild Thing," "Angel of the Morning" and "I Can't Let Go" on music, gambling and the Church of the Train Wreck
If he'd done nothing more than pen the seminal "Wild Thing," Chip Taylor would still be a force to be reckoned with. The garage stomp classic that The ...
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July 3rd, 2008
Being Catholic and Being American
In a cultural climate such as the United States— where the sense of polarization along social, economic, political and religious lines seems to be the default posture — maintaining unity amidst ...
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June 19th, 2008
The Gift of Friendship Across Faith Lines
Ever since re-engaging with my faith a few years back, I've found myself hanging out with a growing number of other Catholics. They support me in my spiritual growth; they understand ...
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June 14th, 2008
Tim Russert (1950-2008)
"When he saw those values reflected back to him in the people he came across like the Jesuit priests who taught him, his dad’s drinking buddies or Senator Moynihan who he once worked for, Russert ...
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May 29th, 2008
The personal computing pioneer on philanthropy and “Life After Apple”
He was a Cal-Berkeley dropout who sought to impress his friends in a local computer and electronics hobby club with a slick, new ...
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May 29th, 2008
The Obama campaign in the South is working overtime to correct the rumor that their candidate is a Muslim
A recent telephone call illustrates the problem.
Deb Geissler of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is working the phone bank for Barack Obama headquarters in her home state, when she reaches ...
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May 22nd, 2008
Some Navajo Indians mix Christianity with the old ways
Raymond Lewis, a retired mechanic living in the Navajo Nation in Arizona, tucks away his rosary and rises from kneeling and praying in front of a statue ...
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May 19th, 2008
Catholic Theologian John Haught Speaks with BustedHalo about Ecology, Religious Education and its Influences on Young People
Dr. John F. Haught has spent nearly 40 years as an educational innovator in creating an understanding of religion combined with educational facets of cosmology, biology and ecology. In ...
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May 12th, 2008
C.S. Lewis' stepson discusses Prince Caspian, life with Lewis and America's "trivial" Christianity
The Chronicles of Narnia has been a classic of children's literature for over a half century, beloved by millions of readers the world over who are intimately familiar ...
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May 9th, 2008
A daughter reflects on her deeply religious mother's struggle to come out of the closet and remain Catholic
"I need to tell you something." My mom said. "Okay." I prepared myself for something tragic, when instead I heard, "I'm not Catholic anymore, I just thought you ...
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May 7th, 2008
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The controversial comments made by Barack Obama's pastor, Jeremiah Wright has re ignited a debate among many Americans as to how religious leaders should approach political issues of the day when ...
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