On the Culture

Politics and Ethics: Which Comes First? By Dr. Jeff Mirus | November 03, 2009

Here’s an interesting conundrum for you: Which comes first, ethics or politics? Instinctively, I think, a Catholic would shout “ethics”. But not so fast. Consider another way of putting the question: Do we want our

On The News

time lags in the news cycles By Phil Lawler | November 03, 2009

It's a frustrating business to watch the coverage of Catholic issues in the secular media. Every weekday we comb through the headlines, looking for new stories. More often than not we find old stories as well. This week, for example,

On Business

Recruit for the Right Stuff By Peter Mirus | October 30, 2009

I have spent the last five years trying to convince some clients, in ways both direct and indirect, that they are going about staff recruitment backwards. Companies should never hire people who do not possess qualities that the

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  • 11/02/09 a 'self-described Catholic witch'
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  • 10/29/09 prayer, yes; faith, no
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• In Depth Analysis

  November 03, 2009 A plea to the Bridgeport diocese: Call off the lawyers By Phil Lawler

  Could I make a request to the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut? Please, please: call off the lawyers. This week the US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from the Bridgeport diocese on a state court's ruling that called for the public release of documents showing how diocesan officials handled complaints about sexual abuse by clerics in the past. The Supreme Court's announcement was not a surprise-- not, at least, to anyone outside the Bridgeport