Category: Culture
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“McCain’s Opportunity, Obama’s Challenge”
Deal W. Hudson July 28, 2008 In May 2007, Benedict XVI flew to meet with the bishops of Mexico, Central America, and South America. While on the plane, the pope answered a question from a reporter about the Mexican bishops who were threatening to withhold the Eucharist from Catholic politicians who voted in favor of legalizing abortion.…
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The Trenton Times Gets It Wrong on Catholics and Voting
Deal W. Hudson August 3, 2008 There will be much media mischief aimed at Catholic voters between now and November 4. Perhaps the best example thus far appeared in the Trenton Times on July 30. The headline of reporter Jeff Trently’s article tells you all you need to know about his intentions: “U.S. Bishops: Vote your conscience, Catholics urged…
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Is It Fair to Say Barack Obama Supports Infanticide?
Deal W. Hudson August 7, 2008 Objections continue to be raised to the charge that Senator Barack Obama supports infanticide, most recently in a Huffington Post column by Seth Colter Walls. I have made this claim myself, as have Sen. Rick Santorum, Terry Jeffreys, Jill Stanek, Bill Donohue, Gary Bauer, and Nat Hentoff. It’s a dramatic change, but…
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You’ve Gotta Have Heart? How Obama Chooses Judges
Deal W. Hudson August 10, 2008 Evoking the power of the human heart is the daily bread of American pop culture. It rarely raises an eyebrow. But the use of “heart” by Barack Obama to describe his criteria for picking judges is troubling. Speaking to Planned Parenthood just over a year ago, Obama said: We need…
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Can Charity Prevail on the Internet?
Deal W. Hudson August 13, 2008 Go to any news Web Site and find an article on George Bush, Barack Obama, or John McCain. Start reading the comments section – there may be several hundred if it’s a major news site like MSNBC or Fox News. Before long, you’ll begin to feel like you have…
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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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