Man arrested for threatening Rep. Eric Cantor

Normal Leboon, a 38 year-old man from the Philadelphia area has been arrested by authorities and charged with threatening to kill Rep. Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives,and his family. The threat was made by Leboon in a video he posted on YouTube, in which…

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Could health care reform help Democrats in November?

Could the health care reform bill passed by Democrats in the House and Senate and signed into law by President Obama help Democrats in the November midterm elections? While the Democrats’ victory on health care reform came at a cost, it was an important victory, and as CQ Politics notes…

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The church still defends its action – or inaction – in dealing with pedophile priests

As a Catholic, it pains me to know the Church of Rome didn’t do more to protect victims of sexual abuse at the hands of its priests, and the fact that the Vatican is still defending its decision not to defrock a Wisconsin priest accused of sexually assaulting as many…

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