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A Great Christian
The Weekly Standard -
Wed Apr 6, 2:34 PM ET
EVANGELICAL PROTESTANTS loved Pope John Paul II. Many felt more in harmony with him than with the leaders of their own denomination. I attend an Episcopal church and I certainly preferred the Pope. He was the world's greatest defender of orthodox, Bible-based Christianity. The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church and possibly a majority of its bishops are among the great diluters of classical Christianity.
Forgiving Debtors Less
The Christian Science Monitor -
Thu Apr 7, 4:00 AM ET
The House is expected to follow the Senate soon and pass a bill making it more difficult for Americans to avoid paying many of their debts by filing for bankruptcy. Reform is long overdue in fixing the legal means by which overdebted people can learn from their financial mistakes, repay what they can, and start a fresh life.
VATICAN CITY NOW ONE BIG CAMPGROUND
New York Post -
31 minutes ago
ROME — Vatican City has transformed into Tent City. And Rome has become a vast, unwashed slumber party, as a dizzying number of pilgrims in mourning — more than a million from Poland alone — yesterday turned this city's grand piazzas, graceful landmarks and gigantic stadiums into open-air hotels.
Fears of pumped-up profits are overinflated
USATODAY.com -
Thu Apr 7, 6:11 AM ET
To many die-hard opponents, private Social Security accounts amount to a big fat favor for Wall Street. These accounts, they argue, would generate hefty fees for money managers, many of whom happen to be donors to Republican candidates and causes.
The Anti-War Pope
The Nation -
Thu Apr 7, 6:26 PM ET
Expect to see a lot of George W. Bush over the next day or so, as he attends the funeral of Pope John Paul II. The White House is going out of its way to hype the fact that Bush is the first U.S. president ever to attend the funeral of a pope. And don't be so naive as to think that White House political czar Karl Rove and his minions -- all of whom are deeply concerned about the president's declining poll numbers -- have failed to calculate the political advantage that might be gained by associating the president with a pontiff whose passing has drawn unprecedented attention in the U.S. and around the world.
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Editorial Roundup
AP -
Wed Apr 6, 3:50 PM ET
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
THE FUTURE OF CATHOLICISM
Maggie Gallagher -
Wed Apr 6, 7:01 PM ET
Pope John Paul the Great is not yet buried, but the divisions among American Catholics have already taken center stage on cable television: Will the next pope be Catholic?
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THE RIGHT VS. THE CULTURE OF LIFE
Ted Rall -
Fri Apr 8, 1:40 AM ET
Except for Abortion, The Pope Was a Liberal
A FAREWELL
William F. Buckley -
Tue Apr 5, 8:27 PM ET
A lot of people -- roughly speaking, everybody -- saw the pope alive at least once on television. It is estimated that tens of millions of people laid eyes on him in the flesh. All of us have our own memories of one such encounter. The keenest in my own was his appearance 10 years ago in Colorado. Why Colorado? One doesn't ask, and never really pondered the question; but there he was, and the wonder of it was the crowd that surrounded him, viewing him say the Mass.
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THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LEFT
Ann Coulter -
Thu Apr 7, 7:00 PM ET
It's been a tough year for the secularist crowd. There was Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," the moral values election, the Christian hostage subduing her kidnapper by reading from "The Purpose Driven Life," and the Christian effort to save Terri Schiavo. Not only that, but earlier this year Dr. James Dobson insulted the Democrats' mascot, SpongeBob SquarePants, with impunity.
AN OSAMA SIGHTING IN CALIFORNIA
Richard Reeves -
Fri Apr 1, 8:27 PM ET
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- "TERRORISM -- FIND OUT WHAT OUR RISK LEVEL IS" was boldly slashed across an American flag on the posters announcing a meeting of the Community Emergency Preparedness Commission of this little city in the desert 100 miles east of Los Angeles. And more than 100 people came out to hear government officials talk about the danger in the Coachella Valley.
RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS SEEK THEIR OWN 'ACTIVIST' JUDGES
Cynthia Tucker -
Sat Apr 2, 8:25 PM ET
Friends of Florida judge George Greer describe him as a low-key conservative Christian, a Republican, a family man, a dog lover. Appellate courts have found over and over again that Greer simply followed the law in deciding a sad and controversial case. But for that sin, the Pinellas County Circuit Court judge was invited out of his Southern Baptist Church.
FORWARD-LOOKING AMERICA TURNS ITS EYES TO FLORIDA
David Shribman -
Sat Apr 2, 8:25 PM ET
MIAMI -- Eight decades ago, this state was the site of the first great modern retirement real estate boom -- followed swiftly by the first great modern real estate bust. Five years ago, it was the venue for the most contentious presidential election struggle in more than a century. This spring, Pinellas Park has been the focus of a drama over the fate of a brain-damaged woman who became an international symbol.
LEADING JOURNALISTS SHARE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT STATE OF WAR
Georgia Anne Geyer -
Thu Apr 7, 7:58 PM ET
WASHINGTON -- Iraq essentially has been off the front pages for the past few weeks. Sometimes it gets three paragraphs at the bottom of an inside story. There is a kind of abiding sense that everything's going to be OK; let's just "get over" Mesopotamia.
ISSUES RAISED BY SCHIAVO CASE WILL BE DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE
John Leo -
Wed Apr 6, 1:12 AM ET
Some final notes on the Terri Schiavo case:
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TOUGH LUCK, AND SORRY 'BOUT THAT
James Kilpatrick -
Wed Apr 6, 7:58 PM ET
In the summer of 2001, eight hungry beetles apparently escaped from their quarantine in a commercial nursery south of Seattle. Three of them were quickly captured. The other five never were heard from again, but at the time they added up to potential disaster. Now the case of those ravenous beetles is pending in the U.S. Supreme Court on a petition for review.
THE ART OF GRADING
Randy Cohen -
Wed Apr 6, 1:12 AM ET
My ninth-grade art teacher doesn't give any grade above 94 percent because, she says, "There's always room for improvement." In previous years, I earned a 99 percent and a 100 percent. The 94 I received this term does not reflect the hard work that I put into this course. Because of her "improvement" theory, I got a lower grade than I deserve. Is her grading philosophy ethical? -- Audrey Wachs, Larchmont, N.Y.
WHO LOST CENTRAL ASIA?
Ted Rall -
Tue Mar 29, 8:31 PM ET
U.S. Again Sides with Dictatorship over Democracy
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CONFUSION CONFOUNDED
William F. Buckley -
Tue Mar 29, 8:31 PM ET
AFTER JOHN PAUL
New York Post -
Fri Apr 8, 5:22 AM ET
Pickpockets on Wall Street
USATODAY.com -
Thu Apr 7, 6:11 AM ET
BUCK UP, THE WORLD HATES US MORE THAN EVER
Ted Rall -
Tue Mar 22, 8:41 PM ET
POUNDING SENSE INTO FREEDOM
William F. Buckley -
Fri Mar 25,11:46 PM ET
CITY'S CHAOS FRIGHTENING & THRILLING
New York Post -
Thu Apr 7, 4:22 AM ET
No respect
USATODAY.com -
Thu Apr 7, 6:11 AM ET
DEATH BY CONSUMPTION
Ted Rall -
Tue Mar 15, 7:58 PM ET
THE GREAT QUANDARY
William F. Buckley -
Tue Mar 22, 8:41 PM ET
DO SOMETHING GEORGE
New York Post -
Thu Apr 7, 4:21 AM ET
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