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Obama Attends Church, Honors Martin Luther King Jr. (and Michelle's Birthday)
By David Gibson - Politics DailyPresident Obama took his family to church on Sunday, once an infrequent experience for a president who, like his recent predecessors, has come to prefer private prayer time or services at the presidential retreat at Camp David. But this time it was a service honoring Martin Luther King Jr. 25 years after his birthday became a federal holiday -- and it came on the eve of the first lady turning 47. Obama must also have realized he could benefit from more public churchgoing after a year in which a growing number of Americans believed he was a Muslim -- something White House advisers seem to ...
Fighters, Celebrities Debate Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez II
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsATLANTIC CITY -- Paul Williams left the ring a bloody mess, having to miss the post-fight press conference in order to have stitches placed in cuts around his eyes as a result of December's clash of southpaws with Sergio Martinez. And Williams was the majority decision winner, although there are some who might still disagree with that assessment. On Saturday night, at the Boardwalk Hall, Williams (39-1, 27 knockouts) will rematch Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KOs) in a bouts whose initial go-round featured both fighters being floored in the first round. Whereas their Williams-Martinez I was a ...
Michael Dallas Faces Lenin Arroyo
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsUndefeated junior welterweight (140 pounds) prospect Michael Dallas, Jr. will pursue his fifth victory of the year on Thursday opposite Lenin Arroyo of Miami in a show that is being promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions from the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, Calif. Nicknamed "The Silent Assassin, the 23-year-old Dallas (15-0-1, five knockouts) is coming off July's Showtime televised eight-round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Lanard Lane (12-1, seven KOs) of Philadelphia. Dallas had scored three straight knockouts heading into the fight with Lane, comprised, ...
Conservative Christians Tackle Divorce, The 'Other' Marriage Crisis
By David Gibson - Politics DailyWhile the campaign by social conservatives against gay marriage has grabbed headlines and consumed millions of lobbying dollars from religious groups, the wider crisis of divorce among straight couples -- especially evangelicals and often their leaders and political icons -- has been largely ignored by Christian conservatives. That may be changing, however, with the latest evidence coming in a powerful essay published on Sept. 29 titled "Divorce -- The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience," by R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and one of the most ...
John Molina Jr. Scores Comeback 11th-Round KO
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsChallenger John Molina, Jr. (pictured at right) needed a knockout to win and he got just that, stopping defending champion and previously unbeaten "Hammerin" Hank Lundy in the 11th round for the NABO lightweight (135 pounds) title on ESPN Friday Night Fights from Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, RI. After being out-boxed for seven rounds, Molina dropped Lundy with a counter right-hook in the eighth round, and, three rounds later, caused referee, Ricky Gonzalez, to wave an end to the bout in a disputed stoppage with Lundy on the ropes. "The stoppage was premature," said Lundy, who slipped ...
Elena Kagan Hearings Preview: Lots of Theater, Little Substance
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyOf the many ways to look at the case of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, the most neutral may be to see next week's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee as merely the latest chapter in a rote morality play that began in 2005 and that may not end for a few more years (and a few more retirements from the court). This is so in part because we inhabit a rare period of swift change for the court. After an 11-year stretch (Aug. 3, 1994, to Sept. 29, 2005) in which the court's makeup remained the same, there has been a 44 percent (4/9) turnover in the roster and lineup ...
Ken Griffey, Sr., Talks Father's Day, Junior's Legacy and Best Baseball Memories
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsKen Griffey, Sr., and his son, Ken Griffey, Jr., created some amazing memories when they not only played in the big leagues together, but played on the same team. In fact, they even managed to hit back-to-back home runs in a game, the only father and son duo to ever do so. Senior is also a four-year prostate cancer survivor, and with the importance of dads and their respective health firmly in the nation's mind, he's making the national rounds on behalf of the Depends Brand to try and enhance awareness for prostate cancer in American males. FanHouse had a chance to talk with the baseball ...
McCallums Take Father-Son Relationship to Next Level
By Terrance Harris - AOL NewsSince Ray McCallum, Jr. first bounced a basketball his father, Ray McCallum, Sr., has made him sweat on the basketball court. On April 14, it was the young McCallum's turn to make his father uneasy. Ray, Jr., a sought after McDonald's and Parade All-American point guard out of Country Day in the Detroit area, had his pick of UCLA, Florida, Arizona, Oklahoma and his father's University of Detroit Mercy Titans. And within minutes of Ray announcing his college intentions to the world on ESPNU, Ray, Sr. was still not sure what his son's decision would be, despite a few clues in his favor in the ...
Harold Ford 'Stonewalled' Into Withdrawing?
By James Daubs - Politics DailyOn the New York Times op-ed page and on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Tuesday, Harold Ford Jr., did what many New Yorkers feared he would do if elected to Kirsten Gillibrand's U.S. Senate seat: he made the weaker appear the stronger cause. He prevaricated. He dissembled. He put the best face on an embarrassing situation -- an important skill for a politician, but this particular politician was seeking to explain not why he was running, but why he was not running a race he nevertheless insists he could have won. It's pretty well known by now that Ford, erstwhile U.S. representative from Tennessee, ...
Is This What James Madison Had in Mind?
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyMONTPELIER STATION, Va. -- It certainly wasn't this way in 1820. Watching the sun fall behind the mountains from the front porch of James Madison's Montpelier home, I am alone. In Madison's time, there was beauty but, I imagine, not much quiet at the bustling homestead. A tour revealed the rest of the home of our fourth U.S. president (1809-1817), not refurnished and restored as the Monticello residence of Madison's friend and neighbor, Thomas Jefferson, but impressive in its unfinished state. The small-of-stature Madison even ceded the spotlight to his vivacious wife, Dolley. But the giant ...
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