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Holder confirmation delayed

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Wall Street Journal: Republicans forced a delay to the scheduled confirmation vote for Eric Holder, President Barack Obama’s nominee for attorney general. The one-week delay, Republicans said, would help address several concerns, including Mr...

Connecticut abortions on rise

Posted on January 21, 2009
AP: “A new report from the Connecticut Catholic Conference shows a 12 percent increase in abortions performed in the state between 2000 and 2007, despite a national decline . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Close Guantánamo Draft Order

Posted on January 21, 2009
The ACLU Blog links to a purported draft Executive order to close Guantanamo. The order provides in part: The detention facilities at Guantánamo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable, and no later than one year from the date of this order...

Senate confirms Clinton as secretary of state

Posted on January 21, 2009
AP reports: “. . . The Senate voted 94-2, with Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Jim DeMint of South Carolina opposing . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

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Manitowoc County?s lawyers ask for dismissal of nativity lawsuit

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Herald Times Reporter: “Attorneys representing Manitowoc County responded Tuesday to a federal lawsuit claiming the county violated the Establishment Clause to the First Amendment when they allowed a nativity scene to remain on the Manitowoc County Courthouse lawn during the 2008 holiday season and asked that the suit be dropped ...

Pakistani Muslims attack church, torture Christians

Posted on January 21, 2009
AsiaNews.it: “At the origin of the violence is a dispute over land acquired by a Catholic of the village, and the marriage between a Christian young man and a Muslim young woman. In spite of the charges, the local police have not yet arrested anyone ...

Italy: Muslim Colosseum prayers fuel row

Posted on January 21, 2009
ANSA.it: “A group of Muslims who prayed in front of the Colosseum during a protest march against the Israeli offensive in Gaza this weekend was accused of threatening behaviour by centre-right politicians on Monday . . . Concerns over extremism nevertheless led House Speaker Gianfranco Fini to call for imams [...

Scotland: Scouts adopt Islamic pledge

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Christian Institute: “Boy Scouts in Dundee will be able to pledge allegiance to ?Allah? and drop the traditional oath to God and Queen, says the Scout Association in Scotland. The Association has given its backing to starting Dundee?s 45th troop which will specifically target Muslim boys ...

Pat Buchanan: Is GOP Still a National Party?

Posted on January 20, 2009
Pat Buchanan writes on Townhall: Demographically, philosophically and culturally, the party base has been shrinking since Bush I won his 40-state triumph over Michael Dukakis. Indeed, the Republican base is rapidly becoming a redoubt, a Fort Apache in Indian country ...

How much is a year of life worth? Congress may decide

Posted on January 20, 2009
Scott Gottlieb writes in the Wall Street Journal: In Britain, a government agency evaluates new medical products for their “cost effectiveness” before citizens can get access to them. The agency has concluded that $45,000 is the most worth paying for products that extend a person’s life by one “quality-adjusted” year...

Stimulus gives schools $142B ? with strings

Posted on January 20, 2009
USA Today: “The USA’s public schools stand to be the biggest winners in Congress’ $825 billion economic stimulus plan unveiled last week. Schools are scheduled to receive nearly $142 billion over the next two years . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Issue That Caused Kennedy Recusal

Posted on January 20, 2009
Tony Mauro reports in the Legal Times: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up six new cases later this term, including one from Oregon that raises an issue that had previously deadlocked the Court because of the recusal of Justice Anthony Kennedy...

NYC City Schools: Plan allows Nativity at Christmas!

Posted on January 20, 2009
WorldNetDaily: The New York City Council is working on a proposal that would allow a Christmas Nativity scene to be displayed in public schools during winter holiday seasons beside an Islamic star and crescent and a Jewish menorah. According to a report from the Thomas More Law Center, the council heard testimony from law center attorney Brian [...

Obama Has Chance to Shape U.S. Courts: Vacancies ?Should Give New President Sway Over How Laws Will Be Interpreted?

Posted on January 20, 2009
The Wall Street Journall: U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is expected to have a speedy and significant impact on a number of federal courts of appeal, with the potential to lessen the conservative influence that several of these courts now wield. Given significant vacancies in some the nation’s 13 federal appellate courts, Mr...

NY Times gets $250 million from Mexican billionaire

Posted on January 20, 2009
The AP reports: . . . A Latin American billionaire looks to expand his empire in the United States in a deal that could make him the largest shareholder of The New York Times Co. The $250 million investment by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim could provide some synergies with his telecommunications holdings in Latin America, analysts say...

Who flubbed the presidential oath?

Posted on January 20, 2009
Tony Mauro writes in the Legal Times: “Well, at least no one dropped the Bible. (That happened at one of Franklin Roosevelt’s inaugurations.) But the swearing-in of Barack Obama did not go entirely smoothly. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., apparently working without notes, started prompting Obama with the words, but Obama jumped in a shade [...

Kennedy, Byrd leave Congressional luncheon with medical personnel

Posted on January 20, 2009
The Politico reports: “Ted Kennedy was taken out of the Statuary Hall luncheon after suffering an apparent seizure — a few minutes after Sen. Robert Byrd was removed in his wheelchair under the supervision of medical personnel . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

AZ: Blaine Strikes Again

Posted on January 20, 2009
NCRegister reports: A case now pending before the Supreme Court of Arizona shows that it will take a long time to rid state law of a pervasive symbol of anti-Catholic bigotry: the so-called Blaine amendments. A ?Blaine amendment? is a state law that bars public aid to ?sectarian? schools...

Cornyn delays Clinton confirmation

Posted on January 20, 2009
"The U.S. Senate will delay a vote on Senator Hillary Clinton?s nomination to become secretary of state until tomorrow at the earliest after a Republican senator objected to her confirmation by voice vote today."

?Obama camp takes blame for gay bishop slight?

Posted on January 20, 2009
USA Today: Cut the conspiracy theories. The Presidential Inauguration Committee has stepped up to take the blame for leaving a controversial gay bishop’s prayers out of the public broadcast of the concert at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday. Bishop of New Hampshire Gene Robinson gave his prayer, as set by the PIC, at 2:20 p...

Court rules Christian mom?s child must visit lesbian: State threatens to take daughter by force, if necessary

Posted on January 20, 2009
WorldNetDaily reports: A Christian mother has been told by a Virginia court that her 6-year-old daughter must now visit the mother’s former lesbian partner in Vermont, and if she refuses, the law will remove the girl by force, if necessary. As WND has reported, Lisa Miller left the homosexual lifestyle and became a Christian when her daughter, [...

Oprah tackles new issue: ?Gay is a gift from God?

Posted on January 20, 2009
WorldNetDaily: On the third day of her televised “Best Life” week-long series, even Oprah Winfrey was stunned to hear one of her pastor panelists, Rev. Ed Bacon, declare, “Being gay is a gift from God.” With wide eyes, Winfrey responded, “Well, you are the first minister I’ve ever heard say, ‘Being gay is a gift from God,’ [...

Obama?s Inaugural Speech

Posted on January 20, 2009
"This is the source of our confidence - the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny."

Transcript of Rick Warren?s Inaugural Invocation

Posted on January 20, 2009
. . . I humbly ask this in the name of the one who changed my life?Yeshua, Esa, Jesus, Jesus?who taught us to pray . . .

Stanley Fish: ?The Last Professor? and the Devaluation of the Liberal Arts

Posted on January 20, 2009
Stanley Fish has this post in the New York Times discussing a new book, ?The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities,? by Frank Donoghue. An abstract describing the book includes this: “How is it that the number of students attending American universities has surged in recent decades, but the number [...

Obama Officials Confirm He Will Fund Foreign Abortions Starting Wednesday

Posted on January 20, 2009
"Despite campaigning on the rhetoric of wanting to reduce abortions, Obama will make one of his first actions promoting them globally . . . "

Religion divides us more than race, say Britons

Posted on January 20, 2009
The Daily Mail: Religion, not race, is the most divisive issue in Britain today, an authoritative poll has found. This is the view of six in ten of us, according to the Government?s Equalities and Human Rights Commission . . . The poll found that 64 per cent of Muslims thought religion was ?a more divisive issue [...

Nebraska Episcopal Diocese sues breakaway parish

Posted on January 20, 2009
The Omaha World-Herald reports: When a parish breaks up with its church authority, who gets the house of worship? That’s a fight taking place in courthouses coast to coast and now in Nebraska as part of the Episcopal Church’s schism over issues of scriptural interpretation and homosexuality...

UW Clinic?s new abortion policy fuels debate

Posted on January 20, 2009
The Badger Herald reports: With the nation?s economic struggles at the forefront of people?s minds, the debate has been out of the spotlight recently but is again being brought to light locally as the Madison Surgery Center is moving toward offering second-trimester abortions...

President Bush Mocked As He Arrives on Inauguration Dais

Posted on January 20, 2009
The Hill: The crowd packed on the west side of the Capitol grounds serenaded President Bush in mocking fashion when he took to the inaugural stage alongside Vice President Dick Cheney. “Nah nah nah nah, hey hey, good-bye,” a section of the crowd chanted...

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