Bob McCarty Writes

While they wait for a transcript of the speech to surface, the blogosphere is abuzz with punchy opinions about this morning’s National Press Club speech by Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright Jr. In an article published today at NewsBusters, Mark Finkelstein offered this thought: My two cents say Rev. Wright’s latest diatribes are devastating for Obama. [...]

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The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright Jr., the man who served as Barack Obama’s pastor for more than 20 years, will deliver a breakfast speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., today at 9 a.m. Eastern/8 a.m. Central. Of particular note, the speech will be broadcast live on C-SPAN. The senior pastor of the [...]

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According to a news release this morning, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will host a panel discussion, entitled “Separating Religion From Terror: Implications for U.S. Policy,” at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 6. That ought to be interesting. This news — from CAIR — comes only two days after I [...]

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Mark your calendar! The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., senior pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, will discuss the role of faith in the public square in a presentation entitled, The African American Religious Experience; Theology & Practice, at a National Press Club breakfast Monday. According to an NPC news [...]

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Newt Gingrich is scared. The former speaker of the house worries that his grandchildren are at greater risk of dying from an enemy attack than were children during the Cold War. He shared these thoughts and more in a recent forum at the National Press Club. Though it’s more than a month old, the video [...]

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