Today’s New York Times reports that US Senators – having spent a week of recess hearing about high fuel costs from angry and frightened consumers (and voters) – seem to be moving to break the Democratic gridlock which still seems to grip the House of Representatives. The NYT reports that a bipartisan “Gang of Ten” (first noted, afaik, at the Politico) met Tuesday morning to discuss a compromise energy plan that could be enacted

Father Jonathan outlines the contradictions: 1) In an Obama administration, the federal government would supervise the hiring process of faith-based groups to make sure they do not give preference to employees who share the faith of the organization. 2) In an Obama administration, the federal government would only give money to “secular programs” of faith-based groups. In his own words, Senator Obama explains and justifies his reforms in this way: