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Home: Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGEArticles:An Open Letter to Senator Patrick Leahy - George WeigelBecause 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. Read more... 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. Read more... Better Citizens, More Faithful Catholics - Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M. CAPHere are ten simple points to remember as we move toward November. Read more... Bush’s Words at the National Prayer Breakfast - ZenitHere is an excerpt from President George W. Bush’s address delivered at the National Prayer Breakfast, in the Hilton Hotel, on Feb. 1. Read more... C.S. Lewis and Public Life How Should People of Faith Talk about Political - Discovery InstituteChristians 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. Read more... Campaign 2008: The Life Issues - George WeigelThirty-five years after Roe v. Wade struck down the abortion law of all 50 states, the life issues remain the most sharply contested in American public life. Read more... Campaign for the Supreme Court: Prepared Remarks of Senator John Cornyn - Senator John CornynJudge Alito, I am very pleased to welcome you to the Committee. Read more... Can Democracy Survive Without Virtue? - Donald DeMarcoIf America is losing her affection for virtue -- particularly the subtle virtues needed for democracy such as selflessness, a desire for truth, a willingness to work, a keen sense of justice and fair play, respect for marriage and the family, and reverence for God -- she is losing hold of her own democratic ideal. Read more... Can Islam handle democracy? - Rev. Raymond de SouzaThe purple fingers are back. Smiling Iraqis are proudly showing off the symbol of their democracy. Read more... Can you commit a sin in the voting booth? - Fr. Frank PavoneI raise the question first of all because we are in an election year. Campaign 2004 is everywhere in the news, and it is only going to get more intense with every passing week. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 19-Nov-2009 - 16:58:19
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