Wafer Wars, Wafergate, Whatever

The Eucharist follies continue in the pages of the New York Times. It bothers me that the story, by Mindy Sink, does not even mention John Kerry by name, when that is certainly the subtext of the story (and the only thing making this, remotely, "news). And, more curious and disturbing still, abortion, stem cell research, and euthanasia are all mentioned as potential reasons for withholding communion from Catholic politicians, but a couple of other biggies are not, specifically, support for the death penalty (and I'm not talking estate taxes here, just to be clear) and a certain war in the Tigris and Euphrates region.

I've gotten so used to the Times hackneyed coverage of irrelevant issues on the campaign trail that I wasn't even going to mention it, but then I came across two smart postings on the subject by Amy Sullivan, here, and in response to her critics, here.