EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has revealed the depth of the divide among Catholics over how politicians should reconcile their faith with their public duties. Bishop Thomas Tobin on Sunday said he made the request because of the Democratic lawmaker's support for...
The world would be a better place if Jack Kennedy were still with us today. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Born Brookline, Mass. (83 Beals Street) May 29, 1917 Died Dallas, Texas November 22, 1963 -Published "Why England Slept" in 1940 despite writing it in 1938 -Graduated Harvard in 1940 -Joined the Navy in 1941 and rose to the rank of lieutenant while commanding a PT boat. -United States Congressman...
By GottaLaff My very caring, impassioned 72-year-old Twitter pal, who goes by the name 42bkdodgr , would like to once more share his feelings about the separation of church and state. I am more than happy to oblige. But first, a personal note from 42bkdodgr: Many of you may wonder why I chose to use the “ 72 year old friend” as the introduction to my Special Comments. I selected the moniker...
Horror by digby Vaguely following up Tristero's post below, it should probably not go unmentioned that today was the 46th anniversary of JFK's assassination : The procession left the airport and traveled along a ten-mile route that wound through downtown Dallas on the way to the Trade Mart where the President was scheduled to speak at a luncheon. Crowds of excited people lined the streets waving to...
With every passing year, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy becomes a distant memory. For those who were in Dallas that November day, it remains a memory they cannot escape. New generations of Americans have been introduced to the myth of Camelot and the political legacy of young John Kennedy, but their understanding of what the assassination meant to this nation comes from history books...
One of the mantras of the new age is that European nations have to deal with diversity, something that's new to them. This actually ahistorical. Some military units in the Austro-Hungarian Empire actually used English as the lingua franca because of their ethnic diversity (due to those who returned from the United States, see 1848: Year of Revolution ), while the French language and identity as dominant...
I remember that in November, 1988, Time or Newsweek had an article about John F. Kennedy being shot with the headline, "25 Years Ago, America's Head Was Blown Open." In any case, I'm amazed that for four and a half decades the powers-that-be in America have been able to cover up the truth, which is that JFK committed suicide. —Jonathan Schwarz
What if John Kennedy survived Dallas? Historians love to speculate on this “what-if” scenario, wondering if magically the nation would have been spared the pain of Vietnam and even Watergate. They have missed the point. If he’d gotten out of Dealey Plaza alive, John Kennedy might easily have suffered the same fate as his arch-nemesis Richard Nixon -- humiliation and removal from office....
Have Democrats Been Marginalized Within Their Own Party? BY: Frank Salvato We have heard a lot over the past year or so about how President John F. Kennedy wouldn’t be able to garner his political party’s nomination for the presidency in today’s Democrat Party. An examination of his political platform and the principles he embraced would today place him on the right side of the aisle....
The ill-starred John Kennedy issued numerous orders and had federal troops invade Mississippi. Lyndon Johnson pushed presidential power well beyond Kennedy, and Nixon stalwartly asserted yet more executive powers. … Popular wars or those too ancient to stir controversy may be mentioned, mostly as an arena for presidential heroics. The Mexican War squeaks by [...]
Dies Irae Matthew 25:1-13 Last Sunday of the Church Year November 22, 1963 Everyone in my parents' generation always remembered where they were on December 7, 1941, when they heard that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. For the current generation, it's September 11, 2001, otherwise known as "9/11." But for people of my generation, the date which sticks in our minds and on which we'll...
November 20, 2009 "Our country wonders this weekend what is on President Obama's mind. He is apparently, about to bring months of deliberation to a close and answer General Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops in Afghanistan. When he finally announces how many, why, and at what cost, he will most likely have defined his presidency, for the consequences will be far-reaching and unpredictable....
On this day in 1963,The President of the United States was assassinated by a gunman in Dallas, Texas. John F Kennedy was hit in the head and throat when three shots were fired at his open-topped car. The presidential motorcade was travelling through the main business area of the city. Texas Governor John Connally was also seriously injured when one of the unknown sniper's bullets hit him in the back....
This is a guest note by Ted Sorensen, whose most recent book is Counseler: A Life at the Edge of History. Sorensen, former special counsel and adviser to President John F. Kennedy, is a widely published author on the...
Bob Weir at American Thinker has some thoughts: What this country needs is a strong conservative leader with the courage of her convictions. Sensing those qualities in Sarah Palin, the liberal left is becoming frantic because they can't seem to halt her popularity. The reason they're panicking is because they're afraid of her connection with regular folks who work for a living, pay their taxes, attend...
You can respond to this article on my blog at: http://barackandhillary.blogspot.com/2008/05/sen-ted-kennedy-honors-obama-obama.html Barack Obama sounded a call to public service in the tradition of the Kennedy family as he took the place of Sen. Edward Kennedy today to deliver a commencement address at Wesleyan University. The speech, given to an audience that included the Massachusetts senator's
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