Paul Luvera Journal

I watched the entire debate and kept wondering what happened to the Vance of wild claims about immigrants eating pets and the Walz with sharp down to earth responses? While it is true that the debate is unlikely to change the trajectory of the presidential race, the two participants were almost totally inconsistent in demeanor and presentation then they have presented on the public campaign. Vance, the Yale educated lawyer, worked to present himself as a reasonable, genial person while…

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A minority of American Catholic bishops would deny church communion to president Joe Biden for what they claim is his conflict of position with their interpretation of Church teachings on policies regarding sexuality and abortion. These bishops would deny communion to president Biden and any other politician with views in conflict with  theirs. Why? Well, because they say to receive Communion, which is a central part of the Mass service, Catholics cannot “be conscious of grave sin as it would…

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Texas, the “go it alone” state, has had a lesson about not regulating vital public industries like electrical service provided to a state or community. Texas rejected federal electricity regulations and a shared high-voltage connection with neighboring states. Republican political leaders in Texas have prized the states “self-reliance”, and it’s” go it alone” ideas and it’s cheap power. They brag about the states deregulation of the grid for bringing inexpensive electricity to the states resident and businesses. Rick Perry, former…

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