A Very Political Nobel Prize
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, October 09, 2009 9:18 AM
Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, holds a picture of President Obama Oct. 9. (Reuters)
The selection of President Barack Obama as this year’s recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize is a most peculiar choice, given how briefly he has been president and how little he has done in concrete terms to advance the cause of peace since assuming office.
Given this paucity of tangible accomplishments in the cause of peace, it’s impossible not to conclude that the Nobel selectors were... READ MORE
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Sound Principles for Health-Care Reform
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, September 21, 2009 2:39 PM
President Obama at a Sept. 17 health-care rally. (Reuters)
In this article, EWTN’s director of communications, Michelle Laque Johnson, offers two simple and easy-to-follow principles that, if followed, could easily assuage pro-life concerns about President Barack Obama’s health-care reform initiative.
Here they are:
Principle No. 1: Legislation must be written clearly so that there is absolutely no ambiguity about what Congress intends.
Principle... READ MORE
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U.S. Bishops Applaud Obama's Abortion Promise
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, September 11, 2009 8:52 AM
Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Students for Life, voids a mock check during a Sept. 10 news conference on Capitol Hill against the inclusion of abortion in any health-care reform proposal. (CNS)
No one is yet certain what was meant by President Barack Obama’s promise on Wednesday to Congress that “under our [health-care reform] plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions.”
It could mean Obama is clinging to the false claim, repudiated by all key pro-life leaders, that the current version of the health-reform bill before the House of Representatives doesn’t allow for... READ MORE
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More on ObamaCare and Abortion
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:13 PM
Rep. Chris Smith speaks at today's pro-life press conference. (CNS)
Some commentators have pointed out that President Barack Obama’s speech regarding health-care reform last night was more about his vision of health-care reform than it was about the specific health-care reform bills that are now before Congress.
Consequently, these commentators suggest, perhaps Obama’s claim yesterday that “under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund... READ MORE
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Daily Blog Truth Squad: ObamaCare Will Fund Abortion
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:23 PM
President Obama speaks to Congress on health care reform. (CNS/Reuters)
This title of this blog entry is a poke at CNN, which has posted a “CNN Truth Squad” analysis of the validity of various claims made about President Barack Obama’s health-care reform plan.
Curiously, CNN has neglected to assess the truth of Obama’s disputed claim that abortions will not be federally funded under the terms of his health-care reform plan — a claim he repeated in last... READ MORE
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God Bless America
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:20 AM
We’ve remarked before on President Obama’s readiness to close major speeches to the American people by saying, “God bless America.”
He’ll do so a bit later today, at the conclusion of his back-to-school remarks to the nation’s children. One could quite rightly say this is no big deal, in the overall context of American political life. Politicians frequently use the phrase in the... READ MORE
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Obama’s Ramadan Message
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, August 21, 2009 4:32 PM
In the above video of his remarks yesterday marking the beginning of Islam’s Ramadan season, President Barack Obama again demonstrates his determination to communicate to Muslims that he understands and sympathizes with their concerns and that he respects Islam as a major religion that makes a positive contribution to the world.
This same intent was affirmed earlier this year, in the major... READ MORE
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