"I suppose the left will not be entirely happy with the
President's choice, and the right, not entirely unhappy." Stephen L. Carter, Yale Law School professor and former CT columnist, on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, his former classmate.
(Source: The Daily Beast)
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"I consider waterboarding torture. … I can't imagine
that being repeatedly subjected to the feeling of drowning would not, in some
cases, cause lasting psychological trauma." Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and
Religious Liberty Commission. But Land does not believe Bush-era interrogators
should be prosecuted "for what the Justice Department had declared was legal."
(Source: Religion News Service)
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"While the students in the college Democrat club are
pro-life and support traditional marriage, the constitution of the club pledged
support to advance the Democratic platform and candidates. The 2008 Democratic
platform has taken an extreme turn to the left on social issues." Jerry Falwell Jr., on why Liberty University's College Democrats club was
stripped of official recognition status. The group is allowed to continue
meeting on campus.
(Source: WashingtonPost.com)
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"PBS has been encouraging us to be more local. What's more
local than that?"
Ron Yager, general manager of New Orleans television station wlae,
which is owned by a Catholic-related organization and has broadcast Sunday Mass
since 1984. pbs is considering a proposal to strip affiliation of stations that
air church services.
(Source: Current)
While we pray for peace, we need moral clarity about this war.
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Eastern Orthodox poet Scott Cairns reflects on his new collection, his journey of faith, and poetry’s capacity to apprehend inexhaustible realities.
