Phoenix, AZ--all Catholics have a duty to bring faith to the forefront of political debates, says the bishop-author of a new booklet entitled Catholics in the Public Square.
Phoenix, AZ -- All Catholics have a duty to bring faith to the forefront of political debates, says the bishop-author of a new booklet entitled Catholics in the Public Square. Bishop Thomas Olmstead challenges Catholics to take a more active part in influencing the nation and the political process....

The Tao of debate; Study hard to appear spontaneous.
Byline: Karen Nugent Lincoln-Douglas they're not. Although the illustrious debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas are considered the roots of today's political debates, the style and format have changed. For one thing, even today's political junkies probably could not...

Political debates here & the US.
Byline: HERN. P. ZENAROSA NEW YORK CITY - Fox News is negotiating with the Congressional Black Caucus Political and Education and Leadership Institute to broadcast up to two face-offs by presidential candidates in the 2008 elections. Officials for the Institute and News Corp., Fox News'...

Ailsa Henderson. Hierarchies of Belonging: National Identity and Political Culture in Scotland and Quebec.
Ailsa Henderson. Hierarchies of Belonging: National Identity and Political Culture in Scotland and Quebec. Montreal, Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, xiii + 250 pp. $75.00 cloth. In the wake of the 2007 Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences, established by the Quebec government and charged...

Indigenous Peoples: Self-Determination, Knowledge, Indigeneity.
Indigenous Peoples: Self-Determination, Knowledge, Indigeneity edited by Henry Minde in collaboration with Harald Gaski, Svein Jentoft, and Georges Midre. Delft, The Netherlands: Eburon Academic Publishers, 2008. ISBN 9789059722040, 296 pages. Indigenous Peoples: Self-Determination, Knowledge, Indigeneity is a wide-ranging interdisciplinary exploration of the politics of Indigenous rights and...

Deleting the State.
Deleting the State Aeon J. Skoble Open Court Publishing 70 East Lake Street, Suite 300, Chicago, IL 60601 081269614X, $29.95 www.opencourtbooks.com Is the state a necessary evil, or can its problems be overcome? Aeron J. Skoble's philosophical examination DELETING...

Anglo-American War reporting 1749-63: the press and a research strategy.
On 30 April 1748, the Treaty of Aix la Chappelle ended the War of the Austrian Succession and its American counterpart, King George's War. Clearly the treaty had left vital issues unsettled, and planning for renewed conflict continued despite the official cessation of hostilities. (1) Covert military activities persisted...

Biotechnology: with new document, Vatican extends pro-life agenda.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a resounding confirmation that the Catholic church's pro-life concern extends to the brave new world of biotechnology, the Vatican issued a tough document Dec. 12 condemning the freezing of human embryos, genetic engineering, human cloning, animal/human genetic hybrids and a number of other procedures...

European Union--the second founding; the changing rationale of European integration.
9783832935023 European Union--the second founding; the changing rationale of European integration. Kuhnhardt, Ludger. Nomos 2008 670 pages $123.00 Hardcover Schriften des Zentrum fur Europaische Integrationsforschung/Center for European Integration Studies; v.67 D2009...

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).
Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were both born on February 12, 1809, a fact one never forgets for its poignancy. At the time of their birth, Lincoln and Darwin were physically half a world apart and the fortunes of their families could hardly have been more unequal. ...