Monday, December 9, 2002

categories: Financial, Culture, Legal, Biz, Politics Pressure increases on Cardinal Law CNN - Pressure on Cardinal Bernard Law to resign increased Sunday with a large protest planned at Holy Cross Cathedral and the circulation among Boston priests of a letter calling on their boss to step down. Priest merely fits the mold Boston Globe Church panel wants a few words with Law Chicago Sun Times WKBW - New York Times - Washington Post - WCVB-TV - and 383 related » Google US News   12:52:43 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Culture, Legal, Biz, Politics Churches warn of possible lawsuits Los Angeles Daily News - Bracing for a new wave of sexual abuse lawsuits, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles warned parishioners in a letter read Sunday that a state law scheduled to take effect in January will allow alleged victims to revive decades-old claims against ... From pulpit, priests challenge sex abuse law San Jose Mercury News California Catholics face financial crisis BBC Minneapolis Star Tribune - Centre Daily Times - WSET - Framingham Metro West Daily News - and 11 related » Google US News   12:50:43 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Culture, Legal, Politics With Criticism Mounting, Cardinal Heads to Rome New York Times - BOSTON, Dec. 8 Cardinal Bernard F. Law abruptly canceled his schedule this weekend and flew to Rome, as anger toward him mounted and some priests signed a draft of a letter calling for his resignation. A spokeswoman for the cardinal, Donna M. Outspoken Newton priest gets ovation Boston Globe Church Won't Explain Unscheduled Trip Washington Post San Francisco Chronicle - Chicago Sun Times - MSNBC - The Battalion - and 496 related » Google US News He's in Rome to get his bosses stamp of approval to move the Boston Archdiocese into bankruptcy proceedings. Those documents from last week are loaded with smoking guns. I predict Bernard Law will be prosecuted for being an accessory to a crime.   12:49:02 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Biz, Politics Bush Gives Pink Slips Newsday - Washington - With the national economy still wobbly, President George W. Bush forced the resignations Friday of his two top economic policy-makers, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and presidential economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey. Bush Cleans House Newsweek Bush seeks economic answers Sydney Morning Herald San Francisco Chronicle - Chicago Sun Times - Salt Lake Tribune - Boston Globe - and 682 related » Google Business News   12:37:16 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Biz Out With the Old, and Waiting for the New (Tax Cuts) What do the defenestrations of Paul H. O'Neill and Lawrence B. Lindsey reveal about the economy and the stock market? By Gretchen Morgenson. New York Times: Business   12:33:42 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Biz If Tax History Is a Guide, the Poor Are in Trouble The proposed changes to the income tax could result in a tax code that is more slanted against the poor than at any time in history. By Daniel Altman. New York Times: Business   12:32:17 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Biz The Days of Coasting Are Gone Who changed the economics of the airline industry? Look to the vanishing business executive and a gang of orange and red jets. By David Leonhardt and Alex Markels. New York Times: Business   12:29:46 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Medical/Health Seeking Solace, Openly or Quietly, When Ill If you are fighting cancer (or any serious disease), people who have been there say, you need to decide which you need more privacy or support. By Lisa Belkin. New York Times: Business   12:26:54 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Biz When a Job Hunt Is Measured in Seasons or Even a Year It used to be that laid-off professionals had an easier time of finding jobs than less-skilled blue-collar workers, but that is changing. By Anne Field. New York Times: Business   12:21:41 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Biz Surprise, It's the Economy Again, Stupid! If you measure the success of a president by job creation, George W. Bush is a failure so far. By Floyd Norris. New York Times: Business   12:20:34 PM  Google It!  comment