Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Readers have responded very favorably to my suggestion that the Al Smith Dinner should be discontinued, and when George Weigel seconded the motion, the responses to his column were favorable as well. But New York’s Cardinal Dolan thinks differently, and he will cast the decisive vote.
“The event is great and nothing can ruin the event,” the cardinal told a radio audience. Really? Nothing can ruin it? Is there nowhere a line that cannot be crossed, no political candidate, however loathsome, who would not be welcomed? Read the rest here.
