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L.A.'s 'best police chief'

Tom Gallagher  |  Aug. 6, 2009

It's always interesting to see a a self-proclaimed sceptic change his ro her mind to the positive, as is the case of Jesuit priest George Boyle, who is the executive director of a gang-intervention program in Los Angeles. Early on, he was wary of the new police chief, William Bratton, formerly of New York City. After 7+ years in Los Angeles,Bratton just announced that he's heading to a private sector job based in New York City.

Today, according to Father Boyle: “He’s the best chief the city has ever known,” Boyle said.

August 6, 1945: the bombing of Hiroshima

Thomas C. Fox  |  Aug. 6, 2009

On this day in history, in the early morning hours of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay took off from the island of Tinian and headed north by northwest toward Japan. The bomber's primary target was the city of Hiroshima, located on the deltas of southwestern Honshu Island facing the Inland Sea. Hiroshima had a civilian population of almost 300,000 and was an important military center, containing about 43,000 soldiers.

Read more in this detailed account.

Call a 'Coup' a 'Coup'

Maureen Fiedler  |  Aug. 5, 2009

A US delegation in Honduras, sponsored by the Quixote Center, has heard numerous reports of human rights violations, and has sent the following to the U.S. Ambassador in that country:

“Given the most recent example of state-sponsored repression in San Pedro Sula on Monday, and in light of the clear illegality and unconstitutionality of the coup government, it is essential that the United States Government formally and unequivocally name this a coup d'etat.

Bill Donahue is on a rampage -- again.

Heidi Schlumpf  |  Aug. 5, 2009

Bill Donahue is on a rampage--again. The president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is usually busy blasting "anti-Catholicism," which he defines as the views of anyone who disagrees with his conservative view of the church. Now he's going broader. In "Secular Sabotage," his new book to be released Sept. 2 by FaithWorks, Donahue accuses extremist liberals of "destroying religion and culture in America," as the book's subtitle accuses.

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