What to Ponder AFTER Watching the Debate

by James M. Wall
Sarah Palin was banished from all post debate interviews, not a good sign for the McCain-Palin campaign.   Joe Biden was all over the media, appearing on as many network and cable post debate discussions as he could reach.  He did not, however, appear on ABC News.  That network wanted both Palin [...]

What to Do While Waiting for the McCain-Obama Debate

by James M. Wall
Only one day is left before the first Obama-McCain debate which has been scheduled for a year for Friday night in Oxford, Mississippi. The tension mounts. While we wait, here are suggestions for what to do while the next twenty-four hours drag by. Barack Obama assures us that he will be in [...]

Marty and the Financial Meltdown With Friedman and Neibuhr

 
  Guest column by  Martin E. Marty
 ”Worst Crisis Since ’30s, With No End in Sight,” screamed the September 18th Wall Street Journal.  The authors of the full-page story tuck in this line under the sub-head “Spreading Disease:” The U. S. financial  system “is trying to fight off a disease that is spreading…The illness seems to be overwhelming the self-healing tendencies [...]

Is McCain Now “The Sort of Politician He Once Despised”?

                                                                                            AP Photo by Stephan Savola
By James M. Wall
When Richard Cohen writes [...]

Was Sarah Palin Thinking: “I’ll Always Love You, Charley”?

                                                                   Photo source: Mudflats.wordpress.com
By James M. Wall
It was a rainy afternoon.  I turned on the television news to track the hurricanes. On the way [...]

Falwell Was an “Agent of Intolerance”; So What Is Palin?

by James M. Wall
I have no friends who are radical Christian fundamentalists. Like fundamentalists of all religious traditions, they are intolerant of non believers and dangerous to the public well being. They do not seek my friendship; they seek my submission.
On the other hand,  some of my best friends are non-radical Christian fundamentalists. They are [...]

Rudy Guilliani Insults Islam and Clings to the Politics of Fear

by James M. Wall
To really grasp Rudy Guilliani’s disdain and anger toward Islam, a bigotry he incorrectly assumes all non-Muslim Americans share,  we need to closely study the keynote address he gave as an introduction to the Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin.
By comparing the text handed out to the media in advance with the actual words [...]