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How his personal faith and a talk with John Paul II helped former President George W. Bush arrive at his controversial decision on embryonic stem cell research
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John W. Kennedy
The Drudge Report is leaking some tidbits from Decision Points (due out Nov. 9), George W. Bush’s highly-anticipated memoir chronicling the most important decisions in his life. Faith, it seems, played a major role in helping him not only to make those decisions but to stand by them. With chapter titles that include Quitting (on…
“The View” vs. Bill O’Reilly, NPR vs. Juan Williams, GLAAD vs. Vince Vaughn and a call for anger management
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John W. Kennedy
Did you see Stephen Colbert storm off The View. It was all a joke, of course. He was having fun with all the hoopla following Joy Behar’s and Whoopi Goldberg’s decision to walk off their own show a few days earlier because Bill O’Reilly said Muslims attacked on 9/11. Some thoughts on both walk-offs. First,…
A sad day: Tom Bosley dies at 83. “Happy Days” dad also played “Father Dowling”
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John W. Kennedy
TV lost another iconic parent this week. Following the death of Barbara Billingsley (aka June Cleaver) on Saturday comes word that Tom Bosley (Mr. C of Happy Days) passed away on Tuesday. The immediate cause of death was reported to be heart failure (following a battle with lung cancer). While Bosley’s most-famous role by far…
The Chilean miners and the butterfly; The search for Steven Mayer continues
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John W. Kennedy
When they make the movie about the this week’s awe-inspiring rescue of 33 Chilean miners, we can only hope the role their Catholic faith played in seeing them through the literal darkness will receive its due. While a certain amount of discussion has ensued over whether the event qualifies as an actual miracle, there can…
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