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...Newt I was surprised to read of Newt Gingrich's conversion to Catholicism [Aug. 24]. It is alarming to think of Gingrich carrying his political circus into the pews. He gave us a preview when he chastised Notre Dame for inviting Barack Obama to be a graduation speaker and accused the President of being anti-Catholic. By making such silly accusations, Gingrich performs a disservice to the progress made by Catholics. Judith Sparks Jordan, LONG BEACH, CALIF...
Like the guys who sweep up the elephant dung after the circus has paraded through town, the first autumn releases tiptoed into movie theaters. Rather, one of them sauntered - Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself, which ignored the critics and most of the Caucasian movie audience to clean up with $24 million - while the rest staggered. It's as if the longest possible summer stanza (from May 1 to Sept. 7) had finally collapsed from satiety. Hollywood would say it was a grand gorging: all-time box-office records were broken both in North America...
...moment Wilson exploded, the outburst seemed like an assault on the President. Soon afterward, it was clear that it had been a gift. Wilson had, in an emotional expression, proven Obama's point: the summer of town halls had been less a discussion than a circus, a forum where misinformation was vindicated by passion, where disrespect was elevated to a virtue. Now the circus had come inside Congress...
...vice president for policy and government affairs at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, I have debated animal protection issues around the world, frequently engaging with representatives from the meat, fur, animal-experimentation and circus industries...
...surprised to read about Newt Gingrich's conversion to Catholicism [Aug. 24]. It is alarming to think of Gingrich transporting his political circus into the pews. He gave us a preview of his trapeze act when he presumptuously chastised Notre Dame for inviting Barack Obama to be a graduation speaker and accused the President of being anti-Catholic. By making such silly and frivolous accusations, Gingrich performs a disservice to the enormous progress made by Catholics. Judith Sparks Jordan, LONG BEACH, CALIF...