Br. Steve | April 29, 2010
Democratic Congressman Jim McGovern, RepublicanCongressman Walter Jones, and Dem. Sen. Russ Feingold are sponsoring a bill that would require a concrete and specific exit strategy and withdrawal timetable for Afghanistan. They hope to get the legislation attached to an upcoming Afghanistan supplemental spending bill. Among other concerns McGovern cites the immense financial and human costs [...]
Br. Steve | April 29, 2010
You know something very strange is going on when Karl Rove and Jeb Bush can agree with the Democratic Party on anything. The issue, of course, is immigration. Granted, Rove is worried about the political ramifications of being labeled as the anti-immigrant party, but opposition is still opposition. Arizona’s new immigration law is beginning to [...]
Br. Steve | April 28, 2010
Articles and link on Arizona and Immigration Arizona’s Draconian Immigration Law I Great…For Our Prison-Industrial Complex – Joshua Holland, AlterNet Would You Stop? The Real Immigration Fix – Frances Moore Lappe, AlterNet Arizona’s Immigration Law – Eduardo Penalver, dotCommonweal Boycott Arizona – Presente.org
Br. Steve | April 28, 2010
One of the current issues du jour in America is the obesity epidemic. The First Lady of the U.S., Michelle Obama, recently announced a new campaign on obesity and the issue came up repeatedly in the debate over healthcare. There is mounting evidence, however, that weight matters less than most people think. More important are [...]
Br. Steve | April 27, 2010
Sr. Joan Brown, OSF, a Rochester Franciscan wrote a wonderful article for St. Anthony Messenger Press’s Catholic Update series on why Catholics should care about creation. The simple answer is that we believe that we are a Christic people and that we believe that all things have been created in and though Christ. As our [...]
Br. Steve | April 26, 2010
It is clear now that President Obama and Congressional leadership intend to move forward quickly on comprehensive immigration reform, even to the point of delaying climate change legislation. This move has angered Republican Senator Lindsey Graham who has angrily withdrawn his support for climate change legislation because of the delay. Graham worries that immigration reform [...]
Br. Steve | April 26, 2010
Tom Engelhardt has an excellent piece on his site about why the U.S. could withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, but won’t. His basic argument is that no matter how bad things go if we left quickly, and the evidence for this is mixed, it still would not be the end of the world. We abandoned [...]
Br. Steve | April 24, 2010
In current discussions of the how to handle America’s growing deficit the biggest discretionary item in the budget, the military, has been inexplicably off limits to criticism. Not so for Congressman Barney Frank. Frank, concerned that the official deficit-reduction commission is not considering military spending, has formed his own to investigate where money could be [...]
Br. Steve | April 23, 2010
Earlier today Arizona Governer Jan Brewer signed into law a controversial bill criminalizing undocumented immigrants and mandating that police check a person’s immigration status whenever there is a “reasonable suspicion” that they are here illegally. Or, you know, when they have brown skin and speak Spanish. Critics charge that this law will lead to civil [...]
