Category: Politics
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My New Year’s Wish for President Obama
Deal W. Hudson Published December 27, 2010 At a restaurant in Jerusalem last August, I listened incredulously as two prominent Israeli journalists explained to me that President Obama did not care about a second term. Obama, they told me, was going to forge ahead toward an Israeli-Palestinian agreement with total disregard for any political fallout.…
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A Tea Party Thanksgiving
Deal W. Hudson Published November 24, 2010 Ask me what I am thankful for this year, and one of the first things that comes to mind is the social/political phenomenon of the Tea Party. To me, it represents a loud “enough is enough” – not only to the nonsense being perpetrated by the White House…
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Pro-Lifers on the Post Office Wall
Deal Hudson Published 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…
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Is It Time for a Catholic Tea Party?
Deal W. Hudson Published February 11, 2010 Over 750 “tea parties” were held on April 15 of last year, protesting the excesses of the Obama administration – in particular, the pork-stuffed stimulus bill. Initially, the mainstream media tried to ignore the movement. They downplayed its size and influence, until the steady slide of President Obama’s…
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Gov. Christie–A Politician Who Understands Subsidiarity
Deal W. Hudson Because of the ongoing furor about who caused the holiday traffic jams in Northern New Jersey, much of what Gov. Christie has done well as governor has been forgotten. But, as governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, has distinguished himself in two ways as a Catholic politician. Not only he is pro-life, but…
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How to Handle Pelosi?
Deal W. Hudson Today Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco spoke publicly in defense of marriage in Washington, DC in spite of a letter from Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi asking him not to. She wrote her Archbishop not to show “disdain and hate towards LGBT persons” by speaking at a National Organization for Marriage march to…
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Sen. Rubio Attempts to Lead on Immigration
Deal W. Hudson Published May 14, 2013 Last week I signed, with several dozen other “conservatives,” a letter supporting the immigration legislation supported by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. My decision to sign was motivated, in part, by the ridiculous attacks on Sen. Rubio, such as that of the venerable National Review, which was once…
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The Self-Examination of a Politically Active Catholic
Deal W. Hudson Over the last four national elections, I have led outreach efforts to Catholic voters, specifically those who attend Mass regularly. During each campaign, I stressed the political importance of the settled, or non-negotiable issues as taught by the Catholic Church: opposition to abortion, same-sex marriage, euthanasia, fetal stem cell experimentation, and religious…
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Leftists Try to Hurt Pope Francis
Deal W. Hudson Published March 18, 2013 It really didn’t matter who the cardinals elected as the new pope. The Left, and we know who they are, hate the Church. Regardless who walked out on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, there would be no honeymoon, hardly time for a hiccup, in fact, before the…
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Don’t Call Me a Conservative Catholic Anymore!
Deal W. Hudson Published October 17, 2013 Labels in politics and religion serve a purpose: There are discernible groups and coalitions within and between the worlds of the Church and government. Words used as labels serve the purpose of enabling us to distinguish between one group and the other. But I don’t want to be…
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