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The results from the Potomac Primary are in Obama and McCain swept all three races But the most important result was in Virginia where Independents can vote in either primary Obama has been beating Hillary handily among Independent voters but in Virginia last night he also beat McCain among Ind

Today is Potomac Primary Day and the polls indicate that Barack Obama should add Maryland Virginia and DC to his win list after sweeping Maine Louisiana Nebraska and Washington State over the weekend Coming after the virtual tie on Super Tuesday this would seem to give him strong momentum head

Today marks the 150th Anniversary of the appearances of Our Lady to St Bernadette Soubirous in the Grotto of Lourdes the small town in Southern France that has become one of the church s main sites of pilgrimage It has become fashionable in recent years especially after Vatican II to dow

Whoever is sworn in as the next President of the United States next January will no doubt be the recipient of a fair amount of goodwill throughout the world for the simple reason that he or she is replacing George W Bush And whoever wins one policy change is now a given John McCain Hillary C

A friend bemoaned the fact that this has been the least negative campaign in memory All that money and they aren t going after each other He didn t have to wait for long At yesterday s Conservative Political Action Committee meeting in Washington a preview of Hillary the Movie was

The disappointing news from Britain in the article linked here is unfortunately just the first in a number of such political compromises we will see in coming months as the world amps up for this summer s Beijing Olympics British athletes going to China CNN reports will have to sign a contr

John McCain is effectively the nominee of the GOP He has more than 700 delegates of the 1 191 needed and his closest rival Mitt Romney dropped out of the race yesterday Mike Huckabee may make a last attempt to rally the conservative base but he faces two problems He only has 195 delegates and mu

NCR and Whispers both noted this surprising video of Father General Adolfo Nicolas speaking–in English–on vocations and religious life The clip seems to have been taken from a Jesuit vocation video What we need today says Nicolas is the ability to dream greater dreams for the world

Robert Mickens the Tablet s Rome correspondent has a brief piece in that mag s latest issue on the recently revised prayer from the Tridentine rite for Good Friday The Tablet For those who haven t followed the controversy here it is in short When Pope Benedict issued his motu

Matt Malone S J once described himself as a terminal politico so you can imagine how much fun he s having this month It s like every day is Christmas–or every Tuesday at least Around here we re fortunate to hear his insights over lunch or during editorial meetings and now we re e