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RealClearPolitics - Boehner's Catholic Lessons


WASHINGTON -- Sometimes we learn more from the dogs that don't bark and the wheels that don't squeak.
It's likely you didn't hear much about the controversy over House Speaker John Boehner's recent commencement speech at Catholic University. There are many reasons for this, but one of them is that Boehner's critics were civil and respectful. The media, it turns out, don't cover you much if you are civil and respectful. This would be the same media that regularly disparages incivility and divisiveness in politics.

Click on link below to read the entire column from E.J. Dionne. It's well worth the read.

RealClearPolitics - Boehner's Catholic Lessons
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  1. Michael Brandon23 May, 2011

    Thought provoking. Thanks for posting it Father Tim

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