Remember the hoopla over Boston’s giant iPod billboard we reported on back in October? Questions arose whether a mayor’s aide had helped a business group obtain permission to erect the ad, despite the objections ... mayor’s own historic reluctance for such things? The billboard was quietly removed, replaced View post: Boston iPod Billboard Quietly Removed After Political Questions

(I won’t be around to approve comments right away, but ask that my fellow contributors approve them for me or I’ll approve comments on Monday morning. Just don’t be discouraged if they are not appearing right away.) To continue on the theme of political imagination: What would your ideal presidential candidate be like? What would their platform

By Michael Fragin Issue of November 13 2009/ 26 Cheshvan 5770 Politics is a cyclical business. Five short years ago, in 2004, Karl Rove spoke of a realignment in American politics in which he envisioned Republicans winning a permanent majority. Within one election cycle, in 2006, the GOP was swept from the majority in both houses of

... decision to actively mandate its religious answers to political questions and to advocate for laws that enforce Catholic ... mind to question the Catholic Church’s political activities, he has engaged in “a deliberate and obstinate ... public debate. In America, we like our policies to have reasons and our political players to have answers. If you make yourselves into politicians, we’ ...

... TV screen showing Michaele Salahi and her husband, Tareq, posing with noted political dignitaries and journalists like they belong. And, no doubt they do. After all, they were introduced and presented to Obama ... look back over the documented record, it is easy to surmise that, if RahmBO knows anybody on the political, fundraising, party circuit, then its a sure bet that Obama would at least have a ...

... , not unlike classic Roman thought. But by itself, ethics usually becomes the latest ideology or political enthusiasm. Charity not only needs truth, but students need truth. Without it, they act in a vacuum. Truth asks questions but, more ... , Lecturing, Philosophizing, Singing, Dancing; Roman Catholic Political Philosophy; The Order of Things; The Regensburg Lecture; The Life of ...