RenewAmerica columns http://www.renewamerica.com/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:31:07 -0600 (Matt C. Abbott) - The following are excerpts from the book Annulments and the Catholic Church: Straight Answers to Tough Questions, authored by canon and civil lawyer Edward Peters. The book is written mostly in question-and-answer format, with 100 questions on the topic of Church annulments being answered by Dr. Peters. Thanks to Matthew Pinto and Mike Flickinger of Ascension Press for allowing me to reprint this material... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/091120 Matt C. Abbott Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:31:07 -0600 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/091120 (A.J. DiCintio) - Two viruses caused the murders, wounds, and suffering at Fort Hood. The first arises from the fact that although a capacity for evil is inherent in human nature, human beings have, as David Brooks recently observed, a "conscious say" regarding the commission of evil acts... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/dicintio/091120 A.J. DiCintio Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:30:28 -0600 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/dicintio/091120 (Paul A. Ibbetson) - As has been the case for many years, and especially most recently, the charge is that conservatives are falsely railing against a straw man in their observations and accusations leveled against the activities of liberals, and the Obama administration. Before I address this situation directly, let's take a moment to look at what is meant by the term "straw man"... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/ibbetson/091119 Paul A. Ibbetson Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:30:09 -0600 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/ibbetson/091119 (Michael Bresciani) - Sound theology is being supplanted daily by the church's drive toward a more social gospel. Fighting poverty, aids, hunger and homelessness are now considered more important than getting people saved. Are we on the right track?... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/bresciani/091119 Michael Bresciani Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:29:32 -0600 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/bresciani/091119 (Jim Kouri) - Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute murderous, fanatical terrorists -- including the 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- speaks volumes about his ignorance of a major problem with protecting witnesses and members of a jury in a case involving terrorism or organized crime... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kouri/091119 Jim Kouri Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:28:27 -0600 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kouri/091119 (Chris Adamo) - For nearly two decades now, and particularly in the wake of the 2000 presidential election debacle, Democrats have been pursuing a diabolically simple political strategy. In short, they moved hard-left, knowing how reflexively the "mainstream" Republican response would be to follow them. But of course the GOP would pathetically claim that, by doing so to a lesser degree than the Democrats, it would somehow retain the mantle of "conservatism"... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/adamo/091119 Chris Adamo Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:51:44 -0600 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/adamo/091119 (Warner Todd Huston) - Either today or later this week, Senate Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev) wants the Senate to vote on a "motion to proceed" on the Senate's version of the healthcare bill. That wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that it has barely been seen by anyone in the Senate. At least not as far as most Senators are concerned. Why is that? Because the bill has not been shown to them with sufficient time to study it, that's why... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/huston/091119 Warner Todd Huston Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:47:54 -0600 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/huston/091119 (Kevin Price) - Sarah Palin is all the rage as she promotes her new book, Going Rogue: An American Life. She was a conservative darling before she wrote the book and all the more so now that this book is being promoted by the former governor and GOP nominee for Vice President... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/price/091119 Kevin Price Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:47:00 -0600 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/price/091119 (Michael Gaynor) - In sum, the sensational "Pimp and Pro" ACORN videos have adversely impacted ACORN, but not ACORN's radical political agenda being pursued by the Obama administration and Congressional Democrats. For that, stings by intrepid investigators who surreptitiously record will not suffice. Inside information by courageous whistleblowers who are willing to tell the whole story, not radical opportunists seeking to control ACORN themselves and covering up key parts of the story, is what is needed... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/gaynor/091119 Michael Gaynor Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:46:32 -0600 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/gaynor/091119 (Carey Roberts) - In the former Soviet Union, dissidents who saw fit to challenge the prevailing socialist ideology were deemed to be certifiable nut cases. These men were packed off to the loony asylum for a regimen of forced re-education -- a bizarre form of treatment that later came to be known as "Soviet psychiatry"... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/roberts/091118 Carey Roberts Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:45:42 -0600 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/roberts/091118 (Marita Vargas) - Liberals believe the election a year ago of Barack Hussein Obama ushered in America's second Camelot. Let me be the first to agree with them. We are in Camelot -- the Camelot of the Waste Land. Mordred (Mr. Obama) sits on the throne, Morgana le Fey (Nancy Pelosi) stands at his side, and the nobles (our illustrious lawmakers) trade our freedoms for personal gain... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/vargas/091118 Marita Vargas Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:33:38 -0600 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/vargas/091118 (Harold Witkov) - Barbara Walters asked Sarah Palin, " On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best, where do you rate Barack Obama?" Sarah Palin gave Barack a "4." As a big fan of Sarah Palin, I must admit I was disappointed with the number Governor Palin assigned President Obama. I certainly would have rated him much lower. So I asked myself, "Why would Sarah Palin rate Obama a "4"?"... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/witkov/091118 Harold Witkov Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:31:37 -0600 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/witkov/091118