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“While Americans pull together in a constructive manner to provide relief to those whose lives have been uprooted and in many cases destroyed, the Democrats’ party leader continues to let political opportunism be his guide. Just when we need to focus on helping those who need it most, Dr. Howard Dean, a trained physician, has decided he is best served launching personal attacks at President Bush. Dean's bizarre attempts to link the devastation caused by Katrina to Judge John Roberts’ hearings is reflective of a Party that takes its cues from Michael Moore and MoveOn and is motivated by partisanship...

It’s safe to assume that Marc Racicot, the Montana-born chairman of the Republican National Committee, hasn’t spent a good deal of time in Washington Heights, the largely Latino neighborhood at the northern tip of Manhattan.But that’s exactly where he’s headed on Thursday, July 24. On that afternoon, Mr. Racicot, along with R.N.C. senior adviser Ed Gillespie, Governor George Pataki and other national and local G.O.P. luminaries, is planning to cut the ribbon on a new office that the Republicans are opening as part of a drive to get New York Latinos to vote for President George W. Bush in the...

TODAY IS Pentecost Sunday, the day each year when the Church celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Christian community 10 days after Christ’s Ascension. While the faithful celebrate the “birthday of the Church,” the world in general takes little notice of it. That is the context of a remark made to me recently by a Catholic priest that my parents might have found rather shocking. The priest saw me on a day when I was wearing a tie (a rare enough event) and commented on its color. “I’m glad to see you wearing a red tie, Jack....