Sen Lindsey Graham R-SC was the only Republican on the Judiciary Committee to vote in favor of confirming Sonia Sotomayor as the next justice of the United States Supreme Court Graham said that while he would not have nominated Sotomayor he believes that presidents are entitled to their choices

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Health Care reform which is as much about insurance reform as health care reform is facing the hard choice now specifically how to pay for it This is also where scare tactics from those with vested interests in the status quo begin to work like acid eating away at the moral imperative for refo

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Wednesday night I have to cram two thousand years of Church History into a two hour presentation for the RCIA group at my parish This requires doing enormous violence to the historical record leaving out important qualifications and focusing only on the main themes As a historian by training I

The Feast of St Ignatius of Loyola the founder of the Jesuits is coming up--on July 31 In preparation for that day what should or could you do Well St Ignatius would probably be happy if you went to Mass on that day spent an hour in prayer and did some good work for the poor But rather