January Archive


Who loves ya’, baby?

Sheila Liaugminas | 13 January 2010
The race in Massachusetts to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat in the Senate is in its final week and it’s very close at this point.

The lone crusader

Sheila Liaugminas | 12 January 2010
Michigan Democratic Congressman Bart Stupak reminds me of the boy holding back a flood by holding his finger on the weakest point of the dike. If he let go, it would all break loose, unstoppably.

The Washington Circus

Sheila Liaugminas | 11 January 2010
As the Harry Reid affair continues to build steam and draw fire and counter-volleys among political partisans…..it’s getting to be the latest spectator sport.

Gay marriage before the Supreme Court?

Sheila Liaugminas | 11 January 2010
That is inevitable, and this case challenging Proposition 8 may be the vehicle to drive the question of what constitutes marriage to the High Court.

Togo will play

Sheila Liaugminas | 10 January 2010
Honor came to mean something much deeper than sports, and in short order the Togo team realized that.

One God

Sheila Liaugminas | 10 January 2010
Four churches in and around Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia have been firebombed in the continued reaction to a court ruling that Christians may use the word “Allah.”

The desire not to offend

Sheila Liaugminas | 09 January 2010
It’s given just about exclusively to Muslims these days, and that’s no personal observation.

You’re accountable for what you say

Sheila Liaugminas | 09 January 2010
Well, we have to add some qualifiers here. Some people are accountable for some things they say, under certain conditions, depending on who they offend.

More on those ‘mercy killings’

Sheila Liaugminas | 08 January 2010
Or, ’shooting fish in a barrel’, as Dr. Mark Mostert so aptly but wincingly puts it.

On a side note…

Sheila Liaugminas | 08 January 2010
...that’s how the Dutch News treats the story of euthanasia….or “mercy killing” as they put it….in their country.

Behind this headline

Sheila Liaugminas | 08 January 2010
On Thursday, New Jersey became the latest state to defend traditional marriage.

C-SPAN wants open hearings

Sheila Liaugminas | 06 January 2010
After he promised openness, the most critical negotiations on Obama’s health plan have taken place behind closed doors, as Republicans repeatedly point out.

The right question

Sheila Liaugminas | 06 January 2010
Every issue is a moral issue. Take the economic crisis, for example…

Opposition is bipartisan

Sheila Liaugminas | 05 January 2010
One of the likely reasons Democrat leadership in the House and Senate want to hammer out their compromise health care legislation is that so much of it is so unpopular.

Behind what Brit Hume said

Sheila Liaugminas | 05 January 2010
The longtime professional journalist and Fox News contributor has been excoriated in the press for suggesting that while Tiger Woods may recover professionally in the sports world when news of his adulterous scandals dies down, his personal recovery may be more questionable if his Buddhist upbringing guides his conscience.



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