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The Tale of Two Presidents and one Economy
By
Eric Sapp
Marta Cook over at Faithful Democrats just did a great post on the differences between how American families fared during the Clinton and Bush years. She based her post on a report by Third Way (my favorite of the progressive think tanks). It’s well worth the time to read the entire post (and report, for…
Who is the real heir to Teddy Roosevelt?
By
David Gibson
John McCain says he is the new TR. And Barack Obama is a socialist who wants to “share the wealth,” as he told the now (in)famous Joe the Plumber (or whatever). But check out Teddy’s “New Nationalism” speech of 1910, and this excerpt via Mark Silk at Spiritual Politics: No man should receive a dollar…
Good Catholics AND Good Democrats
By
David Gibson
“The Catholic case for Barack Obama” has rarely been put so convincingly as it is in this Newsweek essay. Or, at least, a case for voting freely, according to one’s conscience and the range of issues. The argument is made by three leading Catholic legal and theological scholars, Nicholas P. Cafardi, M. Cathleen Kaveny and…
Republican Exceptionalism: Idolizing Ideology
By
Paul Raushenbush
On Oct 2nd, Sarah Palin ended the Vice Presidential debate by voicing her strong belief in American exceptionalism, – that America has a unique blessing by God and a special mission to the world. Just a couple weeks later this belief has been clarified – she meant Republican exceptionalism. In recent days it is…
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