For those of you who don't know, Pope Benedict XVI is in America. Anyone who has been following his holiness' visit, as well as his Coulter-esque penchant for cultural insensitivity and (if we're to give him the benefit of the doubt reserved for those lucky few who claim infallibility) poor...

Last week the world was rocked by the news that a spiritual icon had passed away. The Dalai Llama? No. Archbishop Tutu? Not the case. Pope Benedict XVI? In my dreams. No, this particular man, who shockingly turned out to be as mortal as the rest of us, was only...

China, which Reuters conveniently lists as "slightly smaller than Canada," in order to paint a stirring and vivid picture of the nation for American readers, is in an uproar. Why, you ask? Perhaps it's further human rights abuses, or the continuing repression of freedom of speech? No, it's far worse...

After the startling results of last week's Iowa Caucus, coupled with the banal and predictable results of the New Hampshire primary, there was one man everyone wanted to speak to. Unfortunately, he was busy helping a friend and I found out he wouldn't accept my healthcare (No Cross/No...

Mitt Romney, who is in a position to become the first ever Mormon president, gave a much-anticipated speech this week on the topic of faith, skillfully proclaiming how important faith is in public life, while maintaining that talking about his would be a grave breach of privacy. Was...

I just walked down 51st street here in Manhattan where St. Patrick's Cathedral faces it's own gift shop (not the 5th avenue side, where the powerful image of the dead god Atlas stares defiantly at the cold façade of the church.) Aside from the one-liter bottle of urine lying in...

It would seem that, once again, our friends in Saudi Arabia have the jurisprudential edge on us. This time those enlightened arbiters of fair play and justice have found just the right methods of curtailing societal problems. Take note, Mr. Giuliani: You think you were tough on crime? You have...

Someone in the current administration clearly knows how to make very watered-down lemonade out of some appallingly sour lemons. The genius term "waterboarding" is a re-branding coup akin to something developed by the PR firm of Bunkum, Hooey, and Flim Flam, Ltd. In an effort based in grudging admiration for...