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...When Jan. 22 came and went without a Freedom of Choice Act becoming law, the USCCB's Committee on Pro-Life Activities announced a nationwide postcard campaign to blanket congressional offices and the White House with appeals to stop FOCA. Anti-FOCA groups on Facebook soon had more than 150,000 members and added thousands more each day. Priests started preaching against the legislation, and churches began circulating petitions to oppose its passage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Catholic Crusade Against a Mythical Abortion Bill | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

Thanks to blanket media coverage and the long campaign, we know an awful lot about the personal lives of President Obama and his family. Could that weaken the power of an office that relies, to some degree, on mystique...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Historian's Take on Obama | 2/16/2009 | See Source »

Again, though, let's not hail a solution as the solution. A targeted tool like loan modification is probably a more useful allocation of resources than a blanket policy like cheaper mortgages. Since half of all repossessed-home sales are in just four states (California, Michigan, Ohio and Florida), we can focus efforts there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Fix the Housing Market | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

Comfort, at a Cost. US Airways is falling in line behind JetBlue and charging economy-class passengers for a pillow and blanket. You'll have to lay out $7 for the perk, but you can keep the set. First class and business class passengers continue to get their comfort gratis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion Week's Couture Tea Cakes and Other Travel News | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

...reason the Times is demonizing me and others who oppose blanket amnesty is to intimidate and harm.' O'REILLY, calling the editorial a "smear" and insisting that he has always been pro-immigration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

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