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Politics and the People's Prelate

July 2, 2010 by Peter F. Stevens

Cardinal Richard Cushing Left
a Stamp on the Political Landscape
By Peter F. Stevens
BIR Staff

Second of three articles.

“I’m no theologian,” Cardinal Richard Cushing liked to say.  His self-deprecating humor notwithstanding, Cushing had no trouble wading into battles theological, economic, parochial, and political. Read more

A Look at James Michael Curley in Power

November 1, 2009 by Staff

"When Congressman Curley is in Boston," one of the papers wrote in 1913, "though his political influence is now supposed to be with the federal department heads, he is just as busy pulling favors at City Hall as when he was an alderman and councilor. Members of the present City Council are rarely seen in the building but for favors or other things until a meeting day, but Curley is always racing from one office to another for his constituents. Those who know the Congressman well say that this is the secret of his success in politics so far - that he is always 'on the job' for his constituent." Read more

First man of the 'Fighting Ninth'

May 4, 2009 by Peter F. Stevens

Irish-Born Colonel Thomas Cass
Proved That He and His Fellow Irish
Would Fight, Die To Protect the Union Read more

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