Sarah Palin has done in five days what John McCain has never been able to do — fire up the Republican Party's conservative base. The No. 2 on the GOP ticket clearly impressed the party faithful Wednesday.
Catholic churches in Washington are collecting donations to fight Initiative 1000, the assisted suicide measure on the November ballot.
In a souring economy, enrollment in private schools is dropping. South Hampton Roads, with dozens of Roman Catholic, Jewish and Protestant-run schools, has been especially vulnerable to the trend.
Sen. John McCain electrified the Republican base and millions of people of every political persuasion last Friday