WOUNDED BIRD

Are we now seeing the beginning of the breakdown of civil society in the United States? Have we ever had a civil society in the US? Is...

  Click on the chart for the larger view. We're not first, but surely the richest country in the world has the wherewithal to do bet...

Today I feel as though I've been trying with my bare hands to hold President Obama and Democrats in the Senate and the House accountable...

As I've followed the struggle for marriage equality for LGTB persons, I see many similarities with the Civil Rights movement for equali...

The United Nations has launched an investigation into the use of unmanned drone strikes and targeted killings in counterterrorism opera...

George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879), The County Election, 1852.  Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO No people of color nor women a...

...we have an election coming up.  I can't think of better commentary than the poem below, once again by Marthe G. Walsh.  I guess I sho...

From Tax Foundation. From Real Clear Politics . The charts speak for themselves.  Thanks to Paul (A.) for the link to the top char...

Mitt Romney on the London Olympics : The dustup began Wednesday, as Romney, who ran the 2002 Salt Lake City games, said there were "...

Has the US ever been at peace since the end of World War II?  I do not refer only to declared wars,  but rather to any fighting in which US ...

Nevertheless, because the revolutionary leadership sprang from the social establishment in several colonies, it included many who were Angli...

From Catholic Culture.org : Cardinal Donald Wuerl has announced that Pope Benedict XVI will establish an ordinariate for American Anglicans...

From the The Huffington Post : An Episcopal parish in Maryland announced Monday that it will become the first in the United States to join t...