Headlines below the fold

A bunch of stories that have huge implications that need to be discussed on many levels, but probably won't be in a politicized 24/7 news cycle
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Mexico has a swine flu epidemic....tick tick tick...

and what about those cases of plague?

And did you hear about the "surge" in Juarez?
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Can traditional ways solve the problem of global warming?

Yes, if you want to live that way.
And has anyone calculated the carbon footprint of a husky that eats mainly fresh meat?
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StrategyPage reminds us about the Church committee...
A "CYA" CIA will lead to more 9-11's, but never mind...The Lord will make it all better in the long run....

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Those who make abortion into politics are ignoring the real story PDF
With the idea that one human being has the right to take the life of another merely because the other’s life is inconvenient, our culture elevates into law the primacy of the strong over the weak. The discord that this year’s commencement has unleashed – between Notre Dame and the bishops, between members of the Notre Dame community, between Notre Dame and thousands of discouraged Catholic faithful – all this derives from an approach that for decades has treated abortion as one issue on a political scorecard. This is not the road to engagement. This is the route to incoherence,