tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65579870349065540682011-04-21T16:21:51.096-07:00Frederick J. Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15548906320623822638noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557987034906554068.post-59462305757283014882009-05-24T08:57:00.000-07:002009-05-24T08:59:14.160-07:00<div>Two excellent pieces.</div> <div> </div> <div>Frank Rich. NYT op-ed. On Gay rights.</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/opinion/24rich.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/opinion/24rich.html?_r=1</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Jeffrey Toobin. New York. Chief Justice Roberts as a stealth conservative.</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/25/090525fa_fact_toobin?currentPage=1">http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/25/090525fa_fact_toobin?currentPage=1</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Rick</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>My Politics Page: <a href="http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/fmurphy/Politics/politicshome.htm">http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/fmurphy/Politics/politicshome.htm</a></div> <div>My Political Blog:</div> <div><a href="http://frederickmurphy.blogspot.com/">http://frederickmurphy.blogspot.com/</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6557987034906554068-5946230575728301488?l=frederickmurphy.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frederick J. Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15548906320623822638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557987034906554068.post-53634302410512050402009-05-24T07:08:00.001-07:002009-05-24T07:08:17.023-07:00<div> <p>"WASHINGTON—An executive order banning torture signed by President Barack Obama was welcomed by Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, Chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). </p> <p>"In September 2007 Pope Benedict XVI, echoing the <em>Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church</em>, said "[T]he prohibition against torture 'cannot be contravened under any circumstance.'" </p> <p><a href="http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2009/09-020.shtml">http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2009/09-020.shtml</a></p> <div>My Politics Page: <a href="http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/fmurphy/Politics/politicshome.htm">http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/fmurphy/Politics/politicshome.htm</a></div> <div>My Political Blog:</div> <div><a href="http://frederickmurphy.blogspot.com/">http://frederickmurphy.blogspot.com/</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6557987034906554068-5363430241051205040?l=frederickmurphy.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frederick J. Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15548906320623822638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557987034906554068.post-71169142961068307702009-05-23T07:02:00.001-07:002009-05-23T07:02:31.336-07:00<div>"Religious" people more likely to support torture.</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=156">http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=156</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Right-wing radio talk-show hosts undergoes waterboarding and pronounces it "torture."</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00K7h_UuOBo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00K7h_UuOBo</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6557987034906554068-7116914296106830770?l=frederickmurphy.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frederick J. Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15548906320623822638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557987034906554068.post-18095262467475571182009-05-21T12:53:00.000-07:002009-05-21T13:03:54.042-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please visit my political page:<br /><br /><a href="http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/fmurphy/Politics/politicshome.htm">http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/fmurphy/Politics/politicshome.htm</a><br /><br />And my homepage:<a href="http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/fmurphy/fjmhome.html"><br /><br />http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/fmurphy/fjmhome.html</a><br /><br />Leave comments, suggestions, responses, etc. here.<br /></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6557987034906554068-1809526246747557118?l=frederickmurphy.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frederick J. Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15548906320623822638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557987034906554068.post-52126124253895566492009-05-21T12:43:00.000-07:002009-05-21T13:04:51.329-07:00<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Check out this editorial from today's New York Times. It concerns regulation shopping (choosing between state and federal regulation) by insurance companies.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/opinion/21thu1.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/opinion/21thu1.html?ref=opinion</a><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6557987034906554068-5212612425389556649?l=frederickmurphy.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frederick J. Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15548906320623822638noreply@blogger.com0