Although he represents Delaware in the Senate, Mr. Biden grew up in Pennsylvania, a must-win state for Democrats in November.
But the party’s hopes of winning the critical Catholic vote took a hit Sunday when Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver said Mr. Biden should avoid taking Communion as a result of his pro-choice stand on abortion.
Archbishop […]

Posted on August 27th, 2008 by Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D.
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The Stranger
A few years after I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was
fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly
accepted and was around from then on.
[…]

Posted on August 15th, 2008 by Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D.
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This is my South
My South is full of honest, hardworking people.
My South is the birthplace of blues and jazz, and rock n’ roll. It has banjo pickers and fiddle players, but it also has BB King, Muddy Waters, the Allman Brothers, Emmylou Harris and Elvis.
My South is hot. […]

Posted on August 15th, 2008 by Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D.
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By Jeff Poor
Business & Media Institute, 8/12/2008
There’s a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But speech limits might not stop at radio. They could even be extended to include the Internet and “government […]

Posted on August 13th, 2008 by Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D.
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“Mapping America, a project cataloguing the societal effects of the family and Church, has found that adolescents from broken homes are much more likely to use hard drugs, according to data from the National Longitudinal Sample of Adolescent Health.
Of adolescents who live with married or cohabiting parents or with an always-single parent, up to 11% […]

Posted on August 12th, 2008 by Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D.
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More than 56,000 in U.S. infected with AIDS each year
Sat Aug 2, 2008 5:30pm EDT, By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New estimates show that least 56,000 people become infected with the AIDS virus every year in the United States — 40 percent more than previous calculations, the U.S. Centers for Disease […]

Posted on August 3rd, 2008 by Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D.
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