Politics & Policy

Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceded her GOP Senate primary race to Tea Party Express favorite Joe Miller. Miller was also the favorite of the Pro-Life community and was backed by former Governor Sarah Palin

Alaskan senator concedes defeat to Pro-Life, Tea Party supported opponent

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 9/1/2010

Former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin backed her opponent, Joe Miller. So did the Tea Party Express and the Pro-Life community. In a political shocker, Senator Lisa Murkowski conceded her GOP Senate primary race to Miller, who led by 1,630 votes after more than 15,000 absentee ballots were ...

'This milestone should serve as a reminder to all Americans that our future is ours to shape if we move forward with confidence and commitment,' he said. 'It should also serve as a message to the world that the United States of America intends to sustain and strengthen our leadership in this young century.'

President Declares the Iraq War Over, It's Time to Turn the Page

By Randy Sly • Catholic Online • 9/1/2010

"Tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended," the president stated. "Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country."While the mission has now officially ended, the country is still in chaos and ...

Arne Duncan was chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools for seven years before Obama nominated him in December 2008.

E-mail to encourage employees to Sharpton rally questioned

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 8/31/2010

An e-mail circulated by U.S. President Barack Obama's top education official encouraging government employees to attend a rally held by the Reverend Al Sharpton is being questioned. While the e-mail does not violate the Hatch Act, which forbids federal employees from participating in political ...

Fr. Paul Chaim Benedicta Schenck is a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg where he is Director of the Respect Life Office.

Fr. Paul Schenck: 'The Imam was Wrong, The Imam was Right'

By Fr. Paul Schenck • Fr. Paul Schenck • 8/31/2010

This past week, cable news and talk radio played a recording of the project's sponsor, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, in which he states that the US has more innocent Muslim blood on its hands than Al Quaeda has innocent non-Muslim blood on its hands. The statement was met with shock and outrage. How ...

'The idea of our own American government submitting the duly enacted laws of a state of the United States to 'review' by the United Nations is internationalism run amok and unconstitutional,' Arizona Governor Jan Brewer wrote.

Arizona Governor protests placement on United Nations report

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 8/30/2010

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer demanded last week that a reference to her state's immigration law be removed from a State Department report to the United Nations' human rights commissioner. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Brewer submitted a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, which read ...

Satirical photos showing U.S. President Barack Obama as a Muslim have proliferated on the Internet.

President Obama irritated by misinformation

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 8/30/2010

"I can't spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead," said U.S. President Barack Obama, who was bemused by the fact that one-third of Americans polled believed that he was Muslim, and not a Christian. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - "The facts are the facts. We went ...

According to Rasmussen, only 24 percent of voters now believe embryonic stem cell research is morally wrong.

Poll: Public disapproves of embryonic stem cell studies

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 8/27/2010

Embryonic stem cell research, which involves a human embryo that is a few days old that is then destroyed for analysis, is not a popular topic for many Americans. According to a recent poll, only 33 percent of Americans favor tax dollars being spent on embryonic stem cell research. LOS ANGELES, CA ...

The term-limited New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin left office quietly early this year, replaced by Mitch Landrieu.

Political toll tallied in Katrina aftermath

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 8/27/2010

In marking the fifth anniversary of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans five years ago, eyes are mostly on the lives lost and the property destroyed after levees broke, sending floodwaters through the once-great city. What is not generally seen is the high ...

A device this small can be applied by federal agents to personal vehicles to track a person's movements.

Agents can secretly put GPS devices on cars

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 8/27/2010

The federal appeals court has ruled that police can lawfully place GPS systems on cars when investigating a possible crime. This judgment was rendered in a case where Drug Enforcement Administration agents applied such a device on a Jeep to track a marijuana growers' movement in Oregon. LOS ...

Anne Nikol Gaylor. (Photo by Craig Schreiner, State Journal)

The Bizarro World of Charities that Kill and Tax Deductions to those who fund Evil

By Deacon Keith Fournier • Catholic Online • 8/27/2010

What Anne Nicol Gaylor is doing is Evil. It should not be given the legally favored status of a "Charity" under the law. It is more akin to a War crime. After all, there is an undeclared War on the Womb and she is helping to fund it by writing checks. So far,18,986 checks and ...