Religion
The November Pogrom
Abortion, Catholics, and the Health Care Bill
Alan Wolfe is a TNR contributing editor and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College. Just before the House of Representatives voted on the Stupak Amendment, designed to stop any public funding of insurance plans that cover abortion, the U. S. Conference on Catholic Bishops (USCCB) weighed in with its endorsement. According to The Hill, their action gave the amendment a “boost,” helping its eventual passage. READ MORE >>
Debating the Health Care Bill
I had a friend visiting me this weekend who had fervently backed Barack Obama for President (against the “devil-woman” Hillary), but who now thinks Obama has betrayed his followers – most recently by agreeing to disastrous compromises in the health insurance bill. We argued the point on Sunday morning, while reading reports of the passage of the House bill. READ MORE >>
Does Fort Hood Have a Meaning (cont'd)?
Budapest, The Berlin Wall, and Iran: What Obama Does Not Grasp
It is just about 30 years since the wall around Iran went up. And it is a few days away from fully 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down. READ MORE >>
Abortion Rights Opponents Get Their Day--and Maybe Their Way
Opponents of abortion rights won a significant political victory last night, making it more likely that millions of American women will no longer be able to purchase insurance that covers abortion services. READ MORE >>
‘With Them or With Us’
Tall, Bronze, and Hideous
James Gardner, formerly the architecture critic of the New York Sun, now writes on culture for several publications. READ MORE >>
Nice Guys Finish Last
If Creigh Deeds loses today—and few candidates have hoisted themselves out of the kind of hole he’s dug—let it be known that the Commonwealth of Virginia missed out on having a very nice man in Richmond. READ MORE >>
