The Diocese of Providence announced this morning that a planned meeting tomorrow between Bishop Tobin and Congressman Patrick Kennedy has been "postponed." Read background information on the public feud, started by Kennedy, here . It appears clear it was Kennedy who did the postponing, because Bishop Tobin has released another public letter to Kennedy , to be published in the November 12...
Why are we not surprised? "leaders past and present will be in Berlin today for the 20th an niversary of the fall of communist repression's most visible symbol: the 112-mile concrete wall that split the city for more than a quarter-century.Conspicuously absent: the president of the United States, Barack Obama. Obama's folks say he's too busy to accept German President Angela Merkel's invitation...
Alan Wolfe is a TNR contributing editor and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College. Just before the House of Representatives voted on the Stupak Amendment, designed to stop any public funding of insurance plans that cover abortion, the U. S. Conference on Catholic Bishops (USCCB) weighed in with its endorsement. According to The Hill, their action gave...
As if it was not embarrassing enough Barack Obama does not see the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as important enough an event to actually show up in germany for the commemoration, he gave a taped address on which he talked about--guess what/-- himself. You see, the fall of the Berlin Wall directly lead to the united states electing a black president. How that happened is just another...
Lest folks forget just how oppressive the Berlin Wall was and how momentous the occasion was when this symbol of communism came down, here goes: U.S. presidents, both Democratic and Republican, spoke out against the wall. The late President John F. Kennedy played a role in advocating against the immorality of communism, in his famous 'Ich bin ein Berliner'" (I Am A Berliner) speech in Berlin in...
Re-Writing History 101 Minions in the attack mode Scott Whitlock over at NewsBusters.org nails Newsweek to the wall... as they so richly deserve. Here's some of the article; Newsweek.com Skips Obama’s Snub of Berlin Wall, Pretends He’s Already Been There A Newsweek.com article on Tuesday celebrated historic speeches by U.S. Presidents at the Berlin Wall, somehow ignoring the fact that Barack...
Early on the campaign trail, presidential candidate Barack Obama said, "This country is ready for a transformative politics of the sort that John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt represented." Socially, President Obama is beginning to move in such a positive transformative direction. read more
An authentic section of the Berlin Wall, donated in April 1990 by the Berlin Wall Commemorative Group to President Reagan for his unwavering dedication to humanitarianism and freedom over communism throughout his presidency. This segment measures 3.5 feet by 10 feet, and weighs approximately 6,000 pounds. The concrete wall that divided the city of Berlin for 28 years is suddenly splitting a segment...
On 5th November 1968, Richard Millhous Nixon won the U.S. presidential election following a turbulent campaign that saw the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy , as well violent protests on the issues of race and the Vietnam war. Nixon, the Republican candidate, received 301 votes from the Electoral College and 43.4% of the popular vote; the Democratic candidate, Hubert Humphrey,...
The Associated Press screwed the pooch*, in multiple ways, in its reporting of the release by the JFK Presidential Library of previously classified recordings of President Kennedy's meetings in 1963 with advisors about Vietnam. The discussions involve the unauthorized cable from the State Department lending support to a coup against South Vietnam ’s President Diem. 1. The JFK Presidential Library,...
It seems that Obama will hop on a plane to go anywhere, except when it involves recognizing the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most dramatic symbols of the Iron Curtain -- the Cold War, communism, and the oppression of millions by the Soviet Union. I don't see how Obama can snub Andrea Merkel's invitation to be in Germany to commemorate the anniversary. Why would the leader...
Newly released White House tapes from the Vietnam War era portray President John F. Kennedy wrestling over the fate of South Vietnam's strongman in a situation that appears to mirror President Barack Obama's quandary today in dealing with Afghanistan's shaky government.
Newly released White House tapes from the Vietnam War era portray President John F. Kennedy wrestling over the fate of South Vietnam's strongman in a situation that appears to mirror President Barack Obama's quandary today in dealing with Afghanistan's shaky government.
Newly released White House tapes from the Vietnam War era portray President John F. Kennedy wrestling over the fate of South Vietnam's strongman in a situation that appears to mirror President Barack Obama's quandary today in dealing with Afghanistan's shaky government.
EDITOR’S NOTE : This column is available exclusively through King Features Syndicate. For permission to reprint or excerpt this copyrighted material, please contact: kfsreprint@hearstsc.com , or phone 800-708-7311, ext. 246. I n his first year in office, Barack Obama has visited more foreign countries than any other president. He’s touched ground in 16 countries, easily outpacing Bill...
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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