Great expectations for Obama Sheila November 8, 2008 If President-elect Obama wins on the big issues, Americans win. The reverse is also true. What defines winning in part Read More
The president-elect’s first news conference Sheila November 7, 2008 It was more conference than news, according to pundits like David Brooks and Mark Shields on the NewsHour with Jim Read More
Obama’s inbox may be full Sheila November 7, 2008 Â Illustration by ABC News The President-elect is getting congratulatory letters from all over the world. He noticed that Iranian president Read More
‘Rahm-bo’? Sheila November 6, 2008 The glow and goodwill of President-elect Obama’s victory speech in Grant Park is still filling people with hope of Read More
Obama’s go-to Catholic advisers? Sheila November 6, 2008 This is the obvious followup for those Catholic professors who claimed to be pro-life and pro-Obama: Now that you helped Read More
Don’t go there Sheila November 6, 2008 American’s don’t tend to follow news of other nations nearly as much as citizens of other nations follow Read More
Lots of bishops have been writing letters Sheila November 5, 2008 Now, the day after the elections, they have collectively written exactly one. It was sent to president-elect Barack Obama today, Read More
‘Dance with the one who brought ‘ya’ Sheila November 5, 2008 That’s an old saying in the Midwest, meaning (to paraphrase)Â you have an ethical obligation to stand by the Read More
How the ballot initiatives fared Sheila November 5, 2008 Terribly, the ones defending the dignity and sanctity of human life. Victorious, the ones upholding the sanctity of marriage. Abortion Read More
America has not drifted left Sheila November 5, 2008 Several of the Democrats who won their congressional elections yesterday are moderates or social conservatives. And Sen. Obama won by Read More
