Category: CatholiCity 2008
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Obama Flunks Rick Warren’s Abortion Question
Deal W. Hudson August 18, 2008 Here’s a truism: If you’re running for President, don’t answer a question by saying, “That’s above my pay grade.” After all, if you want to occupy the White House, there is no higher pay grade. You are the boss, and the buck stops with you. But Barack Obama used precisely that expression when…
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Saving the Christians of Iraq
Deal W. Hudson August 25, 2008 Last month, I reported on the persecution of Christians in Iraq and the continued vulnerability of their remaining communities. Extortion and violence by Muslim extremists have driven 500,000 Christians out of Iraq – about one-quarter of the 2,000,000 Iraqis who have left the country since the beginning of the Iraq War. And another 2,000,000 Iraqis…
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A Grand Night for Singing – Why I Love Showtunes
Deal W. Hudson August 29, 2009 Over the next few days, three of our writers will offer lighter reflections on why they prefer a given genre of music – Rock, Showtunes, and Classical. We continue today with Showtunes. It is said we love the music of our youth. No doubt we respond in a special way…
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Governor Palin Solves John McCain’s Religion Problem
Deal W. Hudson September 1, 2008 “I’ve gotten more phone calls in the last two days than I received the entire two months I’ve been working for McCain.” J. R. Sanchez, head of McCain’s Catholic outreach in Florida, isn’t the only one experiencing this among religious and social conservatives. One Catholic activist from San Francisco told me…
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The McCain-Palin Ticket Renews the Culture Wars
Deal W. Hudson September 5, 2008 With the nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, a fatal blow was delivered to the great myth of this campaign: that religious voters, as we have been told repeatedly, have embraced a broader issue agenda, having left behind their fixation on abortion and marriage. On…
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Obama’s Political “Cloud of Unknowing”
Deal W. Hudson September 8, 2008 Appearing Sunday on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Sen. Barack Obama tried to undo the damage done by his Saddleback Church interview with Rick Warren – specifically his comment that the question of when an unborn child receives human rights was “above [his] pay grade.” “Was that phrase too flip?” Stephanopoulos asked Obama.…
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Taking the Time to Act Like Christians
Deal W. Hudson September 11, 2008 A few days ago I was asked to speak to a men’s group in Atlanta about Catholics in politics. As part of my presentation, I talked about the possibility of greater Catholic and Evangelical cooperation. To illustrate my point, I told the story about the reconciliation earlier this year…
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Creating a New Mt. Carmel… in America
Deal W. Hudson September 15, 2008 Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote about the “Last Carmelite Monks in America.” At the time, the eight Carmelites and their novices were overflowing their four-bedroom rectory in the mountains of northwest Wyoming. Since then, the monks’ numbers have grown quickly. By the end of the year, there will be…
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Obama’s Faltering Religious Outreach Revs Up
Deal W. Hudson September 22, 2008 This week the Obama campaign attempts to restart its religious outreach with a month-long tour of its religious surrogates, titled “Barack Obama: Faith, Family, and Values.” The stars of the tour will be Catholic law professor Doug Kmiec, ex-Congressman Tim Roemer (also a Catholic), Methodist theologian Shaun Casey, and Evangelical author…
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Obama Campaign Calls Abortion Survivor Story a “Despicable Lie”
Deal W. Hudson September 24, 2008 Gianna Jessen survived a saline abortion 31 years ago. “I didn’t have any burns anywhere on my body – it was amazing.” The saline, however, did leave Jessen with a mild case of cerebral palsy, a slight limp, and a life-long commitment to oppose abortion. Jessen is featured in…
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