It's no surprise that support for torture is strong among Republicans. But it's new and especially bad when they support it for no special reason, addressing no particular dire event or emergency, but just, you know, because.

WASHINGTON -- As the Catholic Church expressed outrage against the White House in recent days for a health care mandate they say violates their consci...

We find these views to be mutually relevant... that all people, by virtue of their basic humanity, deserve the opportunity to live, work, and associate according to the dictates of their own consciences and capacities

In his latest column, David Brooks is being a typical postmodern Republican: shameless, Bismarckian, and contemptuous of communitarians.

Arizona's SB 1070 must be named as a social and racial sin, and should be denounced as such by people of faith and conscience across the nation. This is not just about Arizona, but about what kind of country we want to be.

While the escalating disaster of war in Afghanistan keeps setting deadly blazes, the few anti-war voices on Capitol Hill usually sound like people whispering "Fire!"

It's been a while since we made women stitch scarlet A's to their clothes as one of their many punishments for having babies out of wedlock. That kind...

Despite the efforts of eight peace and anti-torture activists charged with trespass a year ago, at the 2008 Republican National Convention, a court could not bring itself to admit evidence of the Constitution.

William Calley has apologized for his role in the My Lai massacre; now it's time to atone.

We have witnessed a spate of violent bullying and psychological assault, moods of hostility and derision which have stooped to levels that defy any clear intention to act for the greater good.