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OP-ED: The sad saga of Kevin McCarthy

Last Monday afternoon, U.S. Rep. Pete Aguilar of California placed the name of Democrat Hakeem Jeffries of New York in nomination for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.Aguilar made the simple statement, “Today, madam clerk, Democrats are united.”That was met with applause.Ironic ...

OP-ED: The GOP needs help, immediately

On Wednesday, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives nominating Kevin McCarthy for the speakership yet again, tried to spin the matter by reminding people that “democracy is messy.“Democracy is messy by design,” said WisconsinĢƵ Mike Gallagher. “And thatĢƵ a ...

Cheers and Jeers

<strong>CHEERS:</strong> Political junkies were transfixed this week by the spectacle of Kevin McCarthy being denied the speakers’ chair in the U.S. House of Representatives by hardliners in the Republican caucus. It was the first time in 100 years that the ...

OP-ED: The death of eternal truths and the new paganism

Last week, Pope Benedict XVI died at the age of 95, nearly a decade after stepping down as head of the Catholic Church. His life was marked by adherence to a belief in an eternal truth above all. As he stated in a 2008 meeting with Catholic educators at the Catholic University of America, ...