Readers of America s special Eleciton Blog will be familiar by now with Rick Garnett who teaches law at Notre Dame Rick s main blogging home is at Mirror of Justice and he has recently posted some commentary on the economic meltdown that are well worth reading if you want to get a thoughtful co

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The economic crisis has changed many calculations Certainly if Barack Obama wins his most important choice may be his new Secretary of the Treasury a job that became vastly more influential with the passage of the Bailout last week But if history is any guide another Cabinet post may prove just

Yesterday I walked under high bright blue sky leaves slipping away from green into pre-death red flares in October chill across the Fordham campus on my way to the New York Botanical Garden The path from my office to the gate leads by Fordham Preparatory School and my first time ever walking b

Last night rsquo s town hall debate was not exactly newsworthy John McCain announced a proposal to buy up all bad mortgages in the country as a further step towards solving the economic crisis an idea that was quickly condemned by his own base Barack Obama suggested that despite the cost of his

Here s a trailer of what looks like a wonderful new movie in post-production about the Mighty Macs the storied womens basketball team from Immaculata College run by the IHM sisters in sylvan nbsp Immaculata Pennsylvania The team nbsp won the first national women s basketball champi