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Obama Revealed
Posted on February 12, 2013
Free from the burdens of a reelection campaign, presidents who win second terms reveal themselves when they come to Congress to give their fifth State of the Union address. They...
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Schism
Posted on February 12, 2013
It was in 1415 that the last Pope resigned his job before he died. Pope Gregory XII stepped down to end the great Western Schism. To those who haven’t boned...
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The Next Pope
Posted on February 11, 2013
I was first introduced to Cardinal Ratzinger when I was in college. Not in person, mind you, but in his books. As a Jesuit institution, Marquette is not the most...
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The Lysistrata Strategy for Afghanistan
Posted on February 7, 2013
I went to the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner last night, where I had the opportunity to chat for a few moments with Terry Neese, an Oklahoma City businesswoman and...
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Cafeteria Conservative
Posted on February 6, 2013
Karl Rove is probably a cafeteria conservative. So am I. Cafeteria Catholics are Catholics who go to Mass on a regular, or semi-regular basis, but don’t exactly follow all the...
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