The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: It is you who have devoured the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts. – Isaiah 3:14-15 +…

This column is adapted from a commencement address that Jim delivered at Georgetown University on Sunday, May 20. Each new generation has a chance to alter two very basic definitions of reality in our world – what is acceptable and what is possible. First, what is acceptable? There are always great inhumanities that we inflict…

As announced on CNN last week, we’re hosting a forum of the leading Democratic presidential candidates at our Pentecost 2007 event (Mary will also be speaking at the conference). We’ve invited several of our bloggers to discuss their questions for the candidates, but we’re also asking our readers to submit their questions, and TOMORROW will…

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