Over at America a special Election Blog we are pleased to welcome John O Callaghan to our pages John is a professor of philosophy at Notre Dame Universaity and his first post can be read by clicking here Welcome John

Well the first two debates are over and while tomorrow s coverage will focus on how they did nbsp the pattern I note emerging is just how much the McCain campaign especially as sold by Gov Sarah Palin is trying to present Reagan-era ideas as relevant to a world that has moved on nbsp Fo

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Barack Obama took the lead in the presidential race yesterday No not the polls although he has certainly taken the lead there Voting began for real yesterday as new state laws that allow early voting and campaigns seek to take advantage In Columbus Ohio in 2004 voters waited in long lines to

Today Oct 1 is the feast of St Therese of Lisieux popularly known as the Little Flower nbsp Though her spirituality is nbsp derided by some contemporary Catholics for being saccharine and sentimental her little way of doing small things with great love holds enormous appeal to millions of