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This morning’s Gospel reading is Mark 16:15–20: Jesus said to his disciples:“Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe…

        Left-wing mayoral candidates and a newly launched "housing justice" group are promising a multiyear rent freeze on the city's nearly 1 million rent-regulated units. That's more than half the…

There's a bit of a media brawl taking place this week over the issue of USAID funding which was cut off by DOGE. At base it's an argument over whether the cutting off of that funding has had any clearly…

        Bizarrely, 62% of young Americans hold a "favorable view" of socialism.        How can they be so ignorant?        Socialism has been tried by lots of countries. It's failed. It always…

Today's headlines focus on yet another round of the Hamas Hokey Pokey. The real story may be its coming irrelevance.Hamas spent most of the last few days repeatedly claiming to have accepted the terms of a Steven…

        WEST MIFFLIN, Pennsylvania -- Local steelworkers, community leaders and economic experts said President Donald Trump's announcement Friday that a deal was struck between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel will go…

Is anyone really surprised by this? Even at the White House, which had hoped for a peace agreement rather than a confrontation? Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this report from the International Atomic Energy…

Now we know what "globalize the intifada" means. Read more...

The court battles over tariffs got all the attention this week but that wasn't the only sign the Trump administration is still engaged in a trade war with China. On Wednesday the administration suspended the sale…

Mayor Brandon Johnson - that's a whole lotta nuthin' in three words.If ever there was a less deserving, more unqualified, more ethically challenged, and intellectually and emotionally unprepared for being a…