That’s the headline on the Times story regarding Cheney’s remarks on CNN on Sunday. Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that President Obama had made the country less safe, asserting that the new administration’s changes to detention and interrogation programs for terrorism suspects would hamper intelligence gathering. Mr. Cheney said the moves suggested that terrorism…

I may not have loved the pope’s letter explaining his views and action regarding the SSPX controversy (as many have noted here) but the SSPX gave it two thumbs-up. Via Zenit.org, here is the full text of the statement from the superior-general of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X, Bishop Bernard Fellay, in response to pope’s March…

That is one quote that Peter Steinfels cites in his excellent column today, “In Stem Cell Debate, Moral Suasion Comes Up Short,” about Obama’s stem cell decision. (My critique here). A taste of Peter’s focus: The more challenging objection — again, not to the president’s specific stance on embryonic stem cell research, but to the general form…

The second story from the Sunday Styles is “Little Mr. Conservative,” about 14-year-old Jonathan Krohn–the hot-ticket on the conservative circuit after his thrilling three-minute performance at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Bigger than Rush? Jonathan, a slight, home-schooled only child whose teeth are in braces, is so passionate about his beliefs that he spent his…

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