2012 Election

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“Well, it’s in God’s hands.”
I’ve heard that expression a lot lately. I’m hearing it from Christians extremely worried about this presidential election. They pepper me with questions on polls, voter turnout, media bias, independents and moderates, evangelical…

According to the breathless reviews of MSNBC correspondents and the like, the Democratic National Convention was a smashing success.  With celebrity cameos, notable speeches by Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, and Joe Biden, and a grand finale oration chock-full of the…

A year ago, opponents attacked Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), claiming that his plan to reform Medicare would kill grandma by taking away her benefits. Mitt Romney, who, of course, has chosen Ryan as his running mate, is proposing similar changes…

When I worked in the US Attorney’s Office during college, as a flunkie law librarian, I used to spend tax-payers’ money sitting at a big wooden table and reading a law encyclopedia called Proof of Facts. (Like most federal government…

Catholic College Profs Among “Catholics for Obama” 2012

by Matthew Archbold August 22, 2012

Relying heavily on left-leaning academics at Catholic colleges and universities, the Obama campaign on Monday unveiled its “Catholics for Obama” team for 2012 in an effort to boost its Catholic vote.
Among those leading the group are several pro-abortion rights…

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The Gray Lady Learns How to Genuflect?

by Matthew Hanley August 20, 2012

No one would have expected the New York Times to react favorably to Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan, most well-known for advancing a budget proposal, as his Vice Presidential running mate. On that score, the Times and the rest…

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Post-Comfortable Christianity and the Election of 2012

by Fr. George W. Rutler August 6, 2012

Shortly before he died in Oxford in 1988, the Jesuit retreat master and raconteur, Bernard Bassett, in good spirits after a double leg amputation, told me that the great lights of his theological formation had been Ignatius Loyola and John…

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Teddy Roosevelt for President in 2012?

by Joseph Postell April 24, 2012

The 2012 presidential election is shaping up to be one of the most significant elections in American history. The outcome of major political issues such as Obamacare, carbon regulations, and our looming fiscal calamity hang in the balance.
In a…

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