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January 10th, 2007
An experienced capital defender
makes the case against Saddam's execution
The morning Saddam Hussein was executed, my wife warned me not to go on the internet. Of course, I soon went online, but instantly knew I should have ...
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January 5th, 2007
Battling for the heart of Jewish mysticism, Hollywood and the Hasidim offer different paths
One rabbi who studied it grew crazy, one died and another became so bewildered that he lost his faith. According to Jewish tradition, the study of the Kabbalah ...
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January 3rd, 2007
Once sentenced to 20 years in prison for soliciting her husband's murder, a Chicago woman now helps former female inmates start over
Edith Hoskins knows exactly the point in her life when she turned to drugs.
From the age of eight until she was 11, she watched her stepfather beat her ...
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December 23rd, 2006
Paulist Father Dave Dwyer, CSP will be the host and on-air commentator for this year's Midnight Mass from St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. Dwyer, who is the ...
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December 13th, 2006
Ten Tips for finally Making the Holidays Happy
The catalogs and television commercials are full of smiling families greeting each other with holiday joy- gleeful reunions full of peace and goodwill. What they don't show is the ...
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December 11th, 2006
A young journalist's reflections on a nation of contrasts and contradictions
As Cambodians visited temples and gave alms on their ancient day of the dead in September 2004, I was holding a diaperless newborn.
I had been working for a newspaper ...
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November 29th, 2006
Fr. Dave Dwyer CSP goes from website to satellite
Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, Eminem and now Father Dave? Beginning on Monday December 4, Paulist Father Dave Dwyer will join Sirius satellite radio's growing roster of on-air talent when ...
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November 28th, 2006
The Tulip & the Pope by Deborah Larsen (Vintage)
In high school my best friend, Cathy, who went to an all-girl's Catholic school kept telling me, "The nuns say I have a calling." We used to crack ...
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November 17th, 2006
A brief guide to understanding meal blessings this Thanksgiving
In uncertain times, we are invariably drawn to absolute truths that help us make sense of the world. One such immutable verity is the ...
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November 15th, 2006
Daniel Ellsberg
Most of us can identify certain teachers or mentors who have had a profound impact on our lives. The same can be said for particular books that have shaped ...
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