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One of the all-time greatest devotions in Holy Week in general and the Triduum in particular.

The horrific murder of Laken Riley by a repeated felony offender and illegal alien Jose Ibarra, 26, a Venezuelan citizen, was preventable — had federal immigration laws simply been enforced

I WANDERED through a bookstore recently and within minutes had a couple books in my hand. During my final browse of the nonfiction section, I spotted “Ten Birds That Changed

In Waves in an Impossible Sea, Matt Strassler explains how human life is intimately connected to the larger cosmos.

Now that Sen. Mitch McConnell is heading for the exits as Senate minority leader, the GOP belongs to Donald Trump, lock, stock and barrel, writes Julian Zelizer.

“It is surprising,” Marnie Holborow writes, “how often in Marxist accounts of women’s oppression Frederick Engels is overlooked.” In responding to this gap in…

Now that Sen. Mitch McConnell is heading for the exits as Senate minority leader, the GOP belongs to Donald Trump, lock, stock and barrel, writes Julian Zelizer.

Now that Sen. Mitch McConnell is heading for the exits as Senate minority leader, the GOP belongs to Donald Trump, lock, stock and barrel, writes Julian Zelizer.

After President Biden’s win in the Michigan primary Tuesday night, Julian Zelizer writes that the president’s campaign’s fears of voter turnout and the number of Democrats who registered “uncommitted” as their choice are not irrational.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb 23 (IPS) - At Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen there is a great painting made in 1797 by the Danish Golden Age painter Jens Juel. It depicts one of Denmark’s richest merchants at the time – Niels Ryberg, his newlywed son Johan Christian, and the son’s bride, Engelke. Johan Christian makes a gesture as though to show off the family estate. There is a strong feeling of harmony between the people and the countryside in which they are placed. The picture reflects ...