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CACG Must Reads - September 7, 2011

E.J. Dionne, in the Washington Post, notes Labor Day by remembering the “invisible workers”:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-last-labor-day/2011/09/04/gIQA11Ob2J_story.html


At America magazine, Father John Coleman, S.J. marks Labor Day by remembering Msgr. George Higgins:

http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=4539


Zoe Ryan, at National Catholic Reporter, examines the Church’s on-going relationship with organized labor:

http://ncronline.org/news/justice/catholic-defense-unions-continues-resonate


Nathan Pippenger at Commonweal compares the foreign polices of George W. Bush and Barack Obama:

http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/commander-chief-nuance


Jennifer Haberkorn of Politico on a new Kaiser study that shows the uninsured do not understand the Affordable Care Act:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/62242.html


Bill Press on the lessons of Hurricane Irene:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/views/os-ed-bill-press-090111-20110901,0,2160226.column


The AP’s Rachel Zoll on the role of religion in the GOP presidential primaries:

http://news.yahoo.com/hot-issue-campaign-trail-theology-070610355.html