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Tucson as an Object Lesson in Political “Reality”
Deal W. Hudson Published January 17, 2011 Mine was a circuitous route from philosophy to politics, and there are few recent events that better illustrate the difference between my origin and ultimate destination than the tragic event in Tucson last week. Already, the pundits are talking about the “post-Tucson climate” of politics going forward, one…
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From Philly, a Grisly Reminder of Obama’s Past
Deal W. Hudson Published January 24, 2011 The story about President Obama’s support for infanticide as an Illinois state senator came immediately to mind last week when a Philadelphia abortionist wasarrested on eight counts of murder. One of the counts faced by Dr. Kermit Gosnell includes the death of a woman following an abortion at…
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Egypt and the Loss of U.S. Prestige in the Middle East
Deal W. Hudson Published January 31, 2011 The upheaval in Egypt appears to be a political revolution in its purest form: a united, non-violent effort against a military dictator from across the spectrum of Egyptian people, including leftists, Christians, Muslims, Arab nationalists, Nasserites, and the Muslim Brotherhood. More than 100 Egyptians have been killed, with…
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An iPhone App to Take to Confession
Deal W. Hudson Published February 14, 2011 Recently I paid my $1.99 and downloaded the new iPhone app for confession. Seeing the app was subtitled “a Roman Catholic App,” I figured it wasn’t going to suffer from “Catholicism Lite.” (Whether the new app would meet the demanding standard of John Allen’s “Taliban Catholicism,” I was…
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Duped by Civility
Deal W. Hudson Published March 7, 2011 Reading Nietzsche taught me one thing: People can talk about values and really be interested only in getting their way. Case in point: All the talk about political “civility” is more about power than good manners. Specifically, it’s about marginalizing everyone who finds it necessary and appropriate to…
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Digital Spirituality and the Pilgrim
Deal W. Hudson Published March 14, 2011 Sometimes I’m sad for my children, who know only the digitalized world. Some of the greatest joys of my life are lost to them. When they fall in love with a writer, a composer, a director, or an actor, they will never have to go on a quest…
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Chris Matthews, John Allen, and Odious Comparisons
Deal W. Hudson Published February 10, 2011 John Allen, senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, routinely uses the phrase “Taliban Catholicism” to describe “an exaggerated allergy to anything that smacks of secularism, liberalization, or corruption by modernity – an angry form of the faith that knows only how to excoriate and condemn.” Allen says…
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The 2012 Dark Horse?
Deal Hudson Published March 10, 2012 Most conversations in Washington these days end up running down the list of likely GOP candidates who will run for the presidential nomination in 2012. The strengths and weaknesses of Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, and Haley Barbour are quickly…
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The Clerical Smile–The Chief Obstacle to Catholic Political Participation
Deal Hudson Published May 29, 2012 When asked in 1999 to lead Governor Bush’s Catholic outreach, I assumed the chief obstacle to overcome was the deeply embedded loyalty to a distorted version of the “seamless garment” found in many of the Catholic institutions of our nation. Under this brand, the Catholic concern for the most…
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