The GOP Convention - An Event To Be Missed

It was revealed today that Rick Santorum will not be given a speaking role at the Republican National Convention; so much for the GOP "big tent," my fellow conservatives. With speakers like John McCain, Nikki Haley and Condoleeza Rice, the quadrennial infomercial for the liberal establishment of the GOP is turning into an event to be missed.  Wake us when Governor Huckabee speaks.

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Winston Churchill: America’s Enduring Love for Winnie and His Words

An exhibition of Churchilliana in New York has reminded Americans why they took the great man to their hearts – and kept him there 

Touch of genius: Winston Churchill's words had a profound effect on Britain, Europe and the United States Photo: AP

From The Telegraph

By Andrew Roberts

Americans love Sir Winston Churchill. That much has been obvious since even before 1963, when President Kennedy gave him the only honorary US citizenship ever awarded to a living person. Yet, in the half-century since then, that admiration and affection hasn’t abated; he is one of the only non‑Americans to have a US warship named after him, and as many books are published about him in America as in Britain. Indeed, the only bookshop in the world dedicated solely to selling his books, articles and memorabilia is the splendid Chartwell Books on Madison Avenue and 52nd Street in Manhattan. As Churchill’s mother, Jennie Jerome, was born in Brooklyn, Americans understandably regard Churchill’s extraordinary life as an almost semi-detached telling of their own national story.

Christendom College Choir and Schola Gregoriana - "Who is She That Stands Triumphant"

Music by Joseph Haydn, hymn by Thomas Aubrey DeVere.

Performed by the Christendom College Choir and Schola Gregoriana.

Bob Faw Looks at Episcopal-to-Catholic Converts

From Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

For Obama on His Birthday (there's no reliable documentation, but we'll take his word on the date)

Two Videos - Catholic and Evangelical - One Message

Before November's election, one of the following videos should be on every Christian website in America.  Before we "vote our values," however, Americans must "humble themselves and pray and seek His face and turn from their wicked ways."  Having done that, America will rekindle her light to the world and renew the covenant of two centuries.

The Evangelical Version:

The Catholic Version:

On the Chick-fil-A Front of the Culture War

By Patrick J. Buchanan

Two weeks ago, Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-fil-A, an Atlanta company famous for its juicy chicken sandwiches, appeared on "The Ken Coleman Show" to air his biblical belief that those who champion same-sex marriage are risking divine retribution upon us all.

"We are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,'" said Cathy. "I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about."