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Aug 27
2008

Pope Pelosi on Abortion

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The entertaining Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, is not yet running for Pope, but this has not prevent her from correcting Catholic theologians when they fall short of modern perceptions.

The Catholic Church's doctrine on abortion began to take form in the first century. To be sure, doctrine, as Cardinal Henry Newman insists (see "On The Development of Christian

Aug 23
2008

Obama, the Joyful Cynic, and the Pitcher

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The rapidity with which the "candidate of change" changes is astounding.

In choosing as his Vice President Joe Biden, a fixture that has been in the senate long enough to acquire cobwebs on his toupee, Obama has surrendered any claim to be the candidate of change in Washington. What Obama's choice really signifies is that the promises a primary candidate makes on the campaign trail "ain't worth a

Aug 21
2008

Joltin Joe Lieberman

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 Sen. Joe Lieberman, once a Democrat and now an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats in Washington, has hitched his rising or falling star with Sen. John McCain, the presumptive nominee for president on the Republican Party ticket.

Lieberman's support of McCain is trans-ideological. Theories abound: Some, mostly hot-headed leftist in the party of former President John Kennedy and former

Aug 20
2008

Putin, Once a Stalinist, Always a Stalinist

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  In 1932-33, Joseph Stalin's withering hand touched Ukraine. In what has come to be called the Holodomor, upwards of 5 million people died of famine. Labeled genocidal by the United Nations, the Stalin produced famine, was the first time in history that famine on this scale was used as a totalitarian instrument of oppression. Two courageous reporters who defied Moscow's ban on travel, Gareth

Aug 19
2008

OBAMA’S CHICAGO EXPERIENCE

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We know the places where Senator Obama lived as a child but not why he chose Chicago nor what he has done which bears upon the requirements of president.* Experience? Leadership? Of his activities in Chicago prior to running for the U.S. Senate, he says he was a "community organizer."

Aug 16
2008

Approaching Thermador, The Democrat Convention

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As we approach Thermador, the party conventions, things, as Alice in Wonderland once observed, become curiouser and curiouser.

In a Freudian slip, Democrat Party chairman Howard Dean called the Republican Party the "white party."

Mr. Dean is white.

Democrat Party Central has opened on former Governor of Massachussetts Mitt Romney an aggressive assault reminiscent of the attack launched by former

Aug 09
2008

Another Eros Stricken Married Male Bites the Dust

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It was not that ol'devil hubris but those ol'devils Eros (think erotic) and Pan (think panic), the Greek Gods of sexual desire and free love, that drove Edward into the arms of the film-maker.

This sometimes happens among men and women. When they do not have attachments, we are trained to look the other way and put it all down to human emotion. In the post-Freudian period, we males delight in

Aug 08
2008

B**ch Slappers and the McCain Ad

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Here is Maureen Dowd's b**ch slap on McCain: First, Dowd cites, without mentioning a name, one of McCain's "old pals in the senate," who cringes "at what they (sic) see as his soulless transformation into what he once scorned." The quoted portion here is Dowd's gloss on what was said by the anonymous "they," who is not quoted on this point directly. Could it be that "they," the source upon which

Aug 06
2008

What Next in the Persian Gulf?

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If Iraq achieves stabilization as a democratic friendly, non-aggressive, self sufficient state, several things will happen.

The non-terrorist affiliated states in the Persian Gulf, now that the mercurial Saddam Hussein is out of the picture, will undoubtedly strengthen their ties with Iraq. Rogue states such as North Korea, Hugo Chavez's Venezuela, Cuba and the terrorist pirates in the badlands of

Aug 02
2008

In The Rough, Hillary Agonistes

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Women's groups are trying to make lemonade out of Hillary Clinton's failed presidential bid.

Stacy Mason, executive director of a political action committee called Women Count, and others are demanding a plank in the Democrat Party's upcoming convention protesting slights committed by exuberant supporters of likely presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama.

In The Rough, Hillary Agonistes

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