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Why have the protests and riots lasted so long in Ferguson? Why have out-of-town agitators and opportunists like the Communist Revolutionary Party and the New Black Panthers flocked to a St. Louis suburb? Why, 12 days after Michael Brown was shot to death by a policeman, do the good people of Ferguson who want to see a fair and just investigation into the facts surrounding Brown's death still have no peace? It's the national news media, stupid. It's the ratings-hungry, pot-stirring, sensationalizing TV media that never misses a chance to milk - and perpetuate -- a white-on-black news story. Ferguson...

"Catholics are often liberal and conservative at the same time. It's hard to pigeon-hole us." Jerry Kellman speaks as an example. He's Catholic and opposed to abortion. But he says President Obama does not deserve the heat he's getting for his speech at Notre Dame. "The church, above all institutions is committed to dialog and reconciliation. So if we're not willing to take the recommendation of the graduating class of Notre Dame University -- some of our finest young men and women -- then I think we're out of step with our own values." Kellman knows the President better than...