Charles Colson

Charles Colson Remembered At National Cathedral

AP | Posted 05.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A memorial service will honor the life of Watergate figure-turned-evangelist Charles Colson. Colson died April 21 at the age of 80. He ...

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Acting In Memory Of Chuck Colson

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld | Posted 04.30.2012

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Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld

Once a person has committed the sin of gossip, the only way to atone for this horrible sin is to force oneself to understand just how emotionally painful it is to live alone. I thought of this last week when reading about the life and death of Chuck Colson.

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Chuck Colson Dead At 80

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 04.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- He was described as the "evil genius" of the Nixon administration, and spent the better part of a year in prison for a Watergate-related...

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Watergate Figure In Grave Condition

AP | Posted 04.18.2012

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LANSDOWNE, Va. -- The chief executive at the prison ministry founded by Watergate figure Charles Colson says he is in grave condition two weeks after ...

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The "Intellectual" Gurus of the Extreme Santorum/Romney Religious Right That the Media Has (mostly) Ignored

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 04.30.2012

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Frank Schaeffer

Romney is a fake religious right "conservative." But the fact that he has to pretend to be to the right of the Pope on "social issues" tells us all we need to know about the intellectual climate inside today's Republican Party. How did the Republicans get to be this way?

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HuffPost Book Review: Republican Gomorrah

Jane Smiley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Smiley

Republican Gomorrah is full of crimes--both those we've already heard of, such as Abramoff's and Ted Haggard's, and those we haven't.

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Nixon's Preference for Aborting Mixed Race Babies Hits Hard in the Age of Obama

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol Felsenthal

In audio tapes from January and February 1973 Nixon shows "ambivalence" about abortion -- except for miscegenation or rape.

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Right Message, Wrong Messenger

Charles J. Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles J. Brown

Obama said that he chose Rick Warren to make his inauguration a celebration of inclusiveness. Inviting an evangelical pastor was the right idea, through the wrong messenger.

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