Notre Dame Stadium. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) The University of Notre Dame will move future commencement ceremonies from the Joyce Center arena to Notre Dame Stadium in order to accommodate more family members and friends of graduates, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., the University’s president, announced Wednesday (Oct. 7). In a letter[Read More…]
Day: October 10, 2009
Pennsylvania Finally Gets a Budget, but the Fix is a Real Gamble
Blog Commentary From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Gov. Ed Rendell ended one of the most contentious statehouse conflicts in recent history when he signed a $27.8 billion spending plan last night, the 101st day of the nation’s longest budget impasse. The plan cuts overall spending by 1 percent while it adds[Read More…]
Weekly Address – President Obama Praises Emerging Consensus on Health Insurance Reform
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2009. The historic movement to bring real, meaningful health insurance reform to the American people gathered momentum this week as we approach the final days of this debate. Having worked on this issue for the better part of a year, the Senate Finance Committee is finishing deliberations[Read More…]
TNR Should Apologize For Promoting McCaughey’s Lies
Commentary By Jamison Foser No Apology When it became clear that Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke fabricated the story for which she and the paper were honored, Washington Post executive editor Benjamin Bradlee apologized to the Pulitzer advisory board, and the prize was withdrawn. When The Boston Globe[Read More…]
Right Again Makes Anti-American Ass of Itself Following Obama’s Nobel Win
Commentary By Karl Frisch On Friday, the nation awoke to the news that the Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to President Barack Obama. "I am both surprised and deeply humbled," Obama said that morning. "I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as[Read More…]