In All Things

Cindy Wooden of CNS has the story nbsp Pope Benedict XVI has approved the beatification of Louis and Marie Zelie Guerin Martin the parents of St Therese of Lisieux nbsp The couple will be beatified Oct 19 World Mission Sunday during a Mass in the Basilica of St Therese in Lisieux France

This morning rsquo s Washington Post leads with a front page above the fold story that focuses not only on whom Barack Obama will select as his running mate but the manner in which the announcement will be made It is a fascinating look at how much campaigns have changed in their tactics in only fo

Sometimes the deepest of revolutions can take place with just a few gestures the choice of language you use to address your people How you dress Who you appoint The shoes on your feet These can point to a profound shift in power much more than crowds of angry sans-culottes or fire-breathing pol

My nbsp favorite new TV show other than Monster Quest nbsp is AMC s clever series on corporate America circa 1960 Mad Men nbsp Originally I was nbsp fascinated by nbsp the show s unabashed verisimilitude to begin with everyone smokes constantly nbsp at home at parties in restau

The South was once solid for the Democrats when the GOP suffered from its identification with Lincoln and Democrats controlled all the levels of power during the Jim Crow years Then the national party broke with the South over the issue of civil rights and the GOP began to make inroads In 1968

Fernando Lugo the Catholic bishop who became president of Paraguay was sworn in last Friday His assumption on the Feast of the Assumption took place in Asuncion the country s capital named after — you guessed it nbsp — Our Lady of the Assumption But there are so many other remarkable fea

Saddleback Church and its pastor Rick Warren were the bigwinners of last night rsquo s presidential forum Warren sponsored the evangelical version of the Al Smith dinner the quadrennial white tie event hosted by the Catholic archbishop of New York at which presidential candidates appear albeit

James Pinkerton has a very smart post over at Huffington in which he suggests that the nation rsquo s next president no matter who it is appoint Arnold Schwarzeneggar to be energy and environmental czar in the new administration I like the idea but quibble with the word czar In light of Vla