Must Reads -- March 30, 2011

Greg Sisk, writing at Mirror of Justice, argues that while many questions remain, President Obama's speech on Libya rings true:

http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2011/03/thanking-president-obama-for-saving-lives-in-libya.html


Kevin Clarke, writing at America, sees Obama's Libya policy in light of the "Right to Protect":

http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=4066


And, at a new blog, CatholicMoralTheology.com, Meghan Clark also sees the "Right to Protect" as an emerging meme in foreign policy in light of the Libya intervention:

http://catholicmoraltheology.com/initial-reactions-to-obamas-libya-speech/


And, writing in the Tablet, Ivor Roberts looks at the Libya intervention from the perspective of British foreign policy:

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/16075


At the New York Times, Samuel Freedman relates how Illinois Governor Pat Quinn invoked the memory of Cardinal Bernardin in making his decision to sign a law abolishing the death penalty in Illinois:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/us/26religion.html?_r=2&scp=2&sq=religion&st=cse


Sarah Pulliam Bailey explores Geraldine Ferraro's faith at GetReligion.org:

http://www.getreligion.org/2011/03/geraldine-ferraros-catholic-side/


Marie Rohde, at National Catholic Reporter, wonders if the labor fight in Wisconsin will be labor's last stand or serve as a wake-up call to defend workers' rights:

http://ncronline.org/news/politics/madison-labors-wake-call-or-its-last-stand