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Bishop Tobin / Rep. Patrick Kennedy Providence, R.I., Oct 27, 2009 / 12:32 am (CNA).- Responding to Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), who charged that the Catholic Church is promoting dissent about proposed health care legislation, Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence has replied that the bishops cannot support a proposal that covers abortion. He asked the Congressman to apologize for his “irresponsible comments.”In an interview with CNSNews.com, Rep. Kennedy, son of the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, had accused the Catholic Church of fanning “the flames of dissent and discord” because Catholic bishops declared that they will oppose the proposed...

South Texas political legend Anne Legendre Armstrong, 80, died of cancer in a Houston hospice early this morning, her office has confirmed. Armstrong, a former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain and sitting Kenedy County Commissioner, played a conquering role in Republican politics as a national leader of the party, serving as a cabinet-level adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and an adviser to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush on foreign intelligence. As news of her death spread among close friends and political associates Wednesday morning, Vice President Dick Cheney, a regular visitor to the Armstrong Ranch...

For the burgs: A liberal checklist By Howie Carr Boston Herald Columnist Sunday, June 4, 2006 It used to be that there were only a handful of People’s Republics among the Commonwealth’s 351 cities and towns. You had Cambridge, Amherst, Lincoln, Brookline and a couple of others. These are the la-de-da burgs that erect walls and speed bumps at the town line to keep out the city riffraff who make up that wonderful diversity the suburban swells claim to celebrate. Only last week Brookline Town Meeting called for the impeachment of President Bush. The problem is that the Brookline Syndrome...

Dear Colleague, That exemplary Catholic politician, the one who supports unfettered access to abortion and other enormities, is now blocking federal aid to New Orleans students who want to attend private schools on an emergency basis. Good man, Ted, good man. Spread the word. Yours sincerely, Austin Ruse President Kennedy Leads Congressional Discrimination Against Private Schools in Katrina Relief     One of the Senate's best known Catholics has worked to reject a proposal by President Bush that would have given families displaced by Hurricane Katrina financial aid to send their children to private or parochial schools. A bipartisan student relief...

The town of Kenedy in Karnes County used to be known as "Six Shooter Junction" in the early 1900s for its gunfights. Now it's the "Horny Toad Capital of the World." This was just one of the little-known Texas facts churned out Saturday at TexFest-Coastal Days, part of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. This new event, held in the Texas Trail tent, gives small towns a chance to lure visitors. Sharon Fite, self-proclaimed history buff, said it is just what she needed for her weekend trips exploring Texas towns. "I like to see what other towns are doing,"...