What you thought of Barack Obama rsquo s speech in Berlin depends largely on what you thought of him beforehand nbsp nbsp If you have been swept up by Obamamania the specter of 200 000 Germans cheering an American waving American flags without so much as a whiff of protest is such a happy co
Some commentators have suggested that Latinos will call the November presidential election Others have suggested that race mdash an antipathy between blacks and Latinos that in the past caused them to choose a white candidate over a black one mdash would not bode well for the mixed-race Senator Bar
Growing up summer TV seemed like an endless stretch of reruns and four-hour baseball games Twenty-odd years later I rsquo ve grown to appreciate those long baseball games and thanks to Netflix and TIVO I rsquo ll never have to watch a rerun again I rsquo m also happy to report that summer TV
Yesterday the Matthew25 Network had a conference call with reporters to unveil their plans for the general election The group is composed of believers who are Democrats and who are ldquo inspired by the Gospel mandate to put our faith into action to care for our neighbor rdquo The group is the
Barack Obama rsquo s tour of Afghanistan and Iraq is already paying dividends politically The pictures of enthusiastic troops cheering him on were worth a thousand words He is no peacenik a la Jane Fonda Ditto the photos of Obama in a helicopter with General David Petraeus They may not agree abo
nbsp Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Vatican s Congregation for Evangelisation has been addressing the world s Anglican bishops meeting at the Lambeth Conference This could be the first time the Anglican crisis has been likened publicly by a Vatican official to a degenerative disease Car