History: Republican Elephant and Democratic Donkey

Did you ever wonder why the donkey is associated with the Democratic party and the elephant is associated with the Republican party?"The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew...

E3 Wraps up With Nintendo Complaints and Some Sweet Games

Weird news out of E3 after Nintendo's lackluster performance yesterday, with plenty of gamers annoyed with Nintendo's offering. First there was a weird 5 minutes during the presentation where a woman no one knew...

Mitre-wearers are not good secularists

Father Robert Araujo, S.J., at Mirror of Justice reminds us of Thomas Nast's caricature of mitre-wearers, back in the day. 

Today in history - Nov. 7

"Today is Tuesday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2006. There are 54 days left in the year. This is Election Day. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 7, 1917, Russia's Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of...

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