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During the season of politics, candidates are taking sides on issues ranging from foreign affairs to the economy to immigration. And yet, I have not heard one word from any candidate — national or local — on what I think is the most shameful issue in America today. According to a recent New York Times…

Once again, children are being used as pawns in a political struggle. Two days ago, CNN published this shocking news: A ban on polio vaccinations imposed by the Taliban could affect about 280,000 children living in tribal areas of northwest Pakistan, according to estimates from the World Health Organization. It appears that the Taliban are…

Now that Jerry Sandusky and Msgr. William Lynn have been convicted and revelations of child abuse at Horace Mann Academy have come forward, it’s time for us to stop for a moment and take the pulse of our American society on these issues. Though sex abuse cases have been in the headlines for decades, it…