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International Religious Freedom: The orphan issue of 2008
By
David Gibson
Amid the final campaign push, the 10th anniversary of the nation’s landmark covenant on international religious freedom passed largely unnoticed on Monday. That is more than a shame. The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA) was passed by a Republican Congress and signed by a Democratic president who proved to be better promoting this…
BEING CATHOLIC: BEYOND PARTISANSHIP AND LABELS
By
Alexia Kelley
Catholics are the quintessential swing voters in this presidential election. Whoever wins the Catholic vote in key battleground states is likely to be sworn in as our 44th president in January. Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good is challenging the notion that our faith can be reduced to single-issue politics or narrow partisan agendas with…
Jesus Christ: Do you REALLY know him?
By
David Gibson
Seriously. His entire track record is hearsay. The four accounts we have of his life contradict each other and they’re probably not historically reliable. Besides, he was born in Palestine, for crying out loud. You all have to ask these hard questions. The MSM won’t. Maybe McCain will at tonight’s debate. But this ad is a good start: Who…
High Noon: The campaign as a Western movie
By
David Gibson
But who are the Good Guys? John McCain and Sarah Palin think they are, and in this piece in the current issue of The Tablet of London, I try to explain the campaign through the lens of the Old West: Now, in 2008, with terrorists posing a new threat, a new sheriff walks down these…
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