Please Excommunicate Me
Raised in a Protestant home, I converted to Catholicism after the birth of our only child, to help give him a consistent religious...
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Switching Cities with Obama
Over the just-past weekend, Sen. Obama made a campaign stop in my hometown of St. Louis, attracting his largest U.S. rally crowd to...
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Signs that Things Will be Different This Time
To my earlier point — namely, that Obama would win even if McCain played the card he does not want to play — you gotta...
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McCain: Hedging Bets on His Legacy
Sen. McCain has taken his lumps lately, for allowing his campaign to sink into a vile pattern of half-baked smears. In that context,...
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ACORN: From Defense to Further Reform
If you employ an army of people to register a gaggle of new voters, there are going to be mistakes. And frankly, ACORN is right to...
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The Funniest Palin
Some of Monty Python’s humor was admittedly crass, although I’d argue that most of it was informed and intelligent. John...
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TMV Caption Contest
OK — maybe this wasn’t such a great idea after all. For one thing, I’m a terrible judge of funny. For another, I...
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Pro-Military, Pro-Obama
Toward the end of my Oct. 6 post — which spelled out the reasons I’ve decided to back Sen. Obama for President — I...
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You are Now Disqualified
Rumors were swirling mid-afternoon yesterday. The word was that the McCain camp would stop its slimy innuendo-izing against Obama. ...
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Off the Fence: Voting Obama
“The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.” – Art...
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