Category: Media
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Notre Dame’s President at a Crossroads
Deal W. Hudson March 23, 2009 For the past few years, the buzz about Rev. John I. Jenkins, the president of Notre Dame since 2005, has been very positive. In spite of his refusal to ban The Vagina Monologues from the campus, Father Jenkins was viewed as strengthening the Catholic identity of the nation’s most beloved Catholic institution. But with…
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Taking on Goliath
Deal W. Hudson March 25, 2009 If you think the pro-life movement has run out of energy and new ideas, you should meet Lila Rose. You may not know her name, but you very likely have seen the media coverage of her various sting operations at Planned Parenthood clinics around the country. Rose is 20…
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Closing Ranks on Canon 915
Deal W. Hudson March 30, 2009 Gov. Kathleen Sebelius received some good news last week when abortionist Dr. George Tiller was found not guilty of breaking state laws regulating late-term abortion. The relationship between Tiller and Sebelius would surely have played a role in her upcoming confirmation hearings had he been found guilty. But Governor Sebelius got some bad news as…
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‘The Right Is Mean, and the Left Is Foul’
Deal W. Hudson April 2, 2009 The rising temperature of the debate over President Barack Obama’s scheduled visit to Notre Dame has created some heated rhetoric on both sides. Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg criticized Notre Dame’s decision but was himself criticized for complaining about the “uncivil and venomous” comments made by those opposing the honor…
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Benedict XVI and the Future of the Holy Land
Deal W. Hudson April 6, 2009 Over dinner at the Ambassador Hotel in East Jerusalem, I talked with Danny Seidemann, a Jewish man from upstate New York who moved to Israel as a youth more than 30 years ago. Danny is recognized worldwide as an expert on the religious and cultural differences that divide and…
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Pro-Lifers on the Post Office Wall?
Deal W. Hudson April 15, 2009 The headline on the Drudge Report really didn’t do justice to the content of the recent Homeland Security report issued by its new director, Janet Napolitano, warning against “right-wing” terrorism. Basically, any interest group opposing the Obama administration is listed as potentially dangerous – pro-lifers, anti-immigration activists, gun owners,…
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Ten Hard Facts Confronting Benedict XVI in the Holy Land
Deal W. Hudson April 16, 2009 The Holy Father, his entourage, and the international media are preparing to visit the Holy Land May 8-15. Pope Benedict XVI will undoubtedly encourage further peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. But the prospect of a two-state solution to the ongoing conflict has become more remote, as the situation…
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Sed Contra: Philosophers and Generals
Deal W. Hudson February 1, 1997 I have always been puzzled by the wide popularity of C. S. Lewis. I have wondered how many of Lewis’s readers, or fans of Shadowlands, understand the countercultural implications of his thought. Here was a figure who deserved to be popular, but does his wide popularity mean that he…
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Sed Contra: Letter to Warren
Deal W. Hudson March 1, 1997 Dear Warren: Your letter telling me of your decision not to renew your subscription to aims raises several important issues I want to address. I am doing this publicly, with your permission, because you probably represent other Crisis readers who wonder why, as you put it, we spend “all…
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Sed Contra: No Quick Fixes
Deal W. Hudson April 1, 1997 It was kind of Commonweal to invite me to a discussion of the Common Ground Project. We gathered at Fordham’s Law School, representing a wide spectrum of Catholic opinion—the editors of Crisis, America, National Catholic Reporter, Commonweal, and National Catholic Register. Here was an unprecedented opportunity to address our…
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