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By Ed Langlois
PORTLAND, Ore. – The winner of college football’s 2014 Heisman Trophy attended Hawaii’s only all-boys Catholic high school, the successor to the school St. Damien of Molokai briefly attended in preparation for his ordination in Honolulu. Marcus Mariota, the University of Oregon’s dual threat quarterback who recently announced his intention to enter the NFL draft, […]
National
By Tom Tracy
MIAMI – His legacy is established as one of the greatest NFL coaches who in the early 1970s twice led his team, the Miami Dolphins, to Super Bowl victories and in one case – 1972 – an unprecedented perfect winning season. Locals also know the Ohio-born Don Shula for his track record as a community-minded […]
Columns
Q: I am having a problem with the concept of angels. I just completed a 36-hour course, “Understanding the Brain,” at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. The brain is an interesting organ of the body. It controls everything in the body. Vision and sound are constructs of the brain. Intelligence is a construct of the […]
Local
The Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments effective January 17, 2015: Newly Ordained Permanent Deacons Deacon Robert E. Benyo, newly ordained, Permanent Deacon to the Church of Saint Peter in Washington, Virginia. Deacon Robert R. Gillispie, newly ordained, Permanent Deacon to the Church of Saint John the […]
Local
By Katie Scott
Dominicans, also known as the Order of Preachers, have a mission to share the truth of the Gospel, and the city singing is part of that.
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
President Lyndon Baines Johnson had spoken the words “Great Society” before, but on Jan. 4, 1965, he brought the pieces together as a legislative package for Congress. His State of the Union message stirred a remarkable flurry of congressional activity that in short order produced major new programs in civil rights, health care and anti-poverty. […]
Local
By Katie Scott
A few songs into the praise and worship concert and moments after Father Gregory S. Thompson hit a low note on his guitar, smartphone flashlights began to wave rock-concert style in the Bishop O’Connell High School auditorium in Arlington. Points of light radiating outward was an image of what the daylong confirmation retreat challenged the […]
National
By Sarah Mccarthy
WASHINGTON – “The biggest human rights rally in the world,” as one regular participant described it, will return to the nation’s capital for the annual March for Life Jan. 22. The 42nd rally on the National Mall and march to the U.S. Supreme Court marks the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling in the […]
Arts
A computer hacker (Chris Hemsworth) serving time in federal prison can win his freedom by helping a team of Chinese and American investigators – including Wang Leehom, Tang Wei and Viola Davis – track down the programmer responsible for a lethal cyberattack on a nuclear power plant. Director Michael Mann’s characteristically stylish, moody crime portrait […]
Movies
The meandering plot of this detective yarn starring Joaquin Phoenix is perhaps better appreciated in the 2009 Thomas Pynchon’s novel on which the film is based. On screen, however, its “nothing is as it seems” ambiance has all the charm of a bad sunburn. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation emphasizes the narrative’s amorality and makes […]
