by GILLIAN ROBERTS | Oct 17, 2012 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
WASHINGTON — A Catholic women’s group said Tuesday that the latest USA Today/Gallup poll is a “slam dunk,” showing that women aren’t swayed by the Democrats’ war-on-women rhetoric. The poll shows former Gov. Mitt Romney neck-and-neck with President Barack Obama...
by Meghan Schiller | Aug 1, 2012 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Politics
WASHINGTON –States like Maryland are attempting to kill traditional marriage with the inclusion of gay marriage amendments to their constitutions on the November ballot, National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown said Tuesday. “It will be a critical...
by Yue Wang | Jul 5, 2012 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Politics
The Smithsonian folk life festival is held outdoors on the National Mall in late July and early Junes. Hundreds of tradition bearers worldwide share their heritage in D.C. The scorching heat didn’t prevent people from coming. Traditional Hawaii dance is a big...
by Yue Wang | Jul 5, 2012 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
Traditional Hawaiian dance is a big attraction of this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The group, Unukupukupu, a hula haula – a school where the ancient dance hula is taught – from University of Hawaii, performed for about an hour at the...
by Chelsea Wallis | Oct 31, 2011 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
A cold day makes the honey run slowly. Volunteers gathered at the Franciscan Monastery in northeast Washington Saturday morning to extract the second of two honey harvests this year. The unseasonably cold weather made for slow work, but by the afternoon they packaged...
by Chelsea Wallis | Sep 28, 2011 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Immigration
WASHINGTON – A young Hawaiian author had the opportunity to share his heritage with the nation at the 11th annual National Book Festival in Washington this week. Kekaulele Kawaiaea, an 11-year-old from the island of Oahu, displayed his book Kohala Kuamo’o: Nae’ole’s...
