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Indiana goes for Obama! (Well, just South Bend, for now)
By
David Gibson
Yes, the results of Notre Dame’s mock election are in, and the winner is…Barack Obama. According to The Observer, the campus newspaper: “2,692 undergraduate and graduate students participated in the mock election. Democrat Sen. Barack Obama and running mate Sen. Joe Biden won 52.6 percent of the vote, followed by the Republican ticket of Sen,…
“Racism is a sin”…A bishop speaks out
By
David Gibson
I have heard of few religious leaders speaking out against the ugliness emerging from the campaign trail, especially on race and violence. That makes this powerful essay in the latest issue of the Jesuit weekly America that much more welcome. It is by Bishop Blase Cupich of Rapid City, S.D and it is titled “Racism and the Election.” It’s all worth…
High Noon: The campaign as a Western movie
By
David Gibson
But who are the Good Guys? John McCain and Sarah Palin think they are, and in this piece in the current issue of The Tablet of London, I try to explain the campaign through the lens of the Old West: Now, in 2008, with terrorists posing a new threat, a new sheriff walks down these…
Praying for Pipeline
By
Randall Balmer
Some years ago, Melissa Fay Greene wrote a book about the rural South entitled Praying for Sheetrock. If Sarah Palin, John McCain’s running mate, ever published an autobiography, she might consider calling it Praying for Pipeline. It appears that God has a keen interest in the building of a multi-billion dollar natural gas pipeline in…
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