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American Patriotism: A View from Abroad - Donald DeMarco

Growing up in Massachusetts, I naturally imbibed a patriotic atmosphere. In the movies I was treated to the foot-tapping music of George M. Cohan performed with patriotic gusto by the inimitable Jimmy Cagney. In school, we were obliged to memorize Sit Walter Scott's "The Lay of the Last Minstrel". The intimidating power of the opening lines has never left me. Email This Article

America’s Ten Commandments - Michael Novak

All over the country, the ACLU has been filing suits to remove the Ten Commandments from public buildings, winning some, losing some. The oddest thing is, if the ACLU project of removing God from public testimony should win, their victory would hurt the ACLU most of all. Email This Article

An American Afghani’s Remarks - Tamim Ansary

I've been hearing a lot of talk about "bombing Afghanistan back to the Stone Age." I heard some TV pundit discussing whether we "have the belly to do what must be done." I thought about the issues being raised especially hard because I am from Afghanistan, and even though I've lived here for 35 years I've never lost track of what's going on there. So I want to tell anyone who will listen how it all looks from where I'm standing. Email This Article

An Anglican future, made in Africa - Father Raymond J. de Souza

It has been remarked for a long time that the centre of gravity in the Christian world is shifting from north to south, from North America and Europe to Africa and Asia. The meeting of Anglican Primates this past week in Tanzania might be marked as the moment when that shift made its first global impact. Email This Article

An Open Letter to Senator Patrick Leahy - George Weigel

Because you’re the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, your performance during the upcoming Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts will tell the country a lot about the constitutional and moral priorities of the Democratic Party and the party’s sense of fair play. Email This Article

Assessing What is at Issue in This War - James V. Schall, S.J.

As the ongoing, escalating war shows, the meaning of the contemporary rise of Islam is, ultimately, that we have reached the end of a theory of "tolerance" that refuses to understand the nature and consequences of ideas, religious, scientific, and political. Email This Article

Better Citizens, More Faithful Catholics - Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M. CAP

Here are ten simple points to remember as we move toward November. Email This Article

Bush’s Words at the National Prayer Breakfast - Zenit

Here is an excerpt from President George W. Bush’s address delivered at the National Prayer Breakfast, in the Hilton Hotel, on Feb. 1. Email This Article

C.S. Lewis and Public Life How Should People of Faith Talk about Political - Discovery Institute

Christians and other people of faith often disagree about how to articulate their moral concerns in the public arena. As religious people are often attacked for how they articulate their views in public, determining the appropriate language to use when dealing with political issues is one of the most pressing tasks for civic-minded people of faith today. C.S. Lewis has much to say on the topic of framing moral issues, and the essays in this chapter focus on this aspect of his writings. Email This Article

Campaign for the Supreme Court: Prepared Remarks of Senator John Cornyn - Senator John Cornyn

Judge Alito, I am very pleased to welcome you to the Committee. Email This Article

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