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'''Deal W. Hudson''' (born 1949) is an American conservative political activist. He is currently the editor of InsideCatholic.com and director of the Morley Institute for Church & Culture. His most recent book is ''Onward, Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States'' (Simon & Schuster/Threshold, 2008). |
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Chief among his other writings are several books on the [[theology]] and [[theodicy]] of church scholar [[Jacques Maritain]]: ''The Future of Thomism:The Maritain Sequence'', ''Understanding Maritain'', and ''Quest for the Absolute: The Philosophical Vision of Joseph Marechal''. Maritain and [[Joseph Marechal|Marechal]] were [[Thomism|Thomists]], championing the legacy of [[St. Thomas Aquinas]]. |
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Hudson has written for the [[Wall Street Journal]], [[New York Times]], [[Washington Post]], [[Washington Times]], [[Los Angeles Times]], [[Dallas Morning News]], [[National Review]], [[Village Voice]], [[Roll Call]], [[National Journal]], and [[Economist (magazine)|Economist]]. He has also appeared on television shows such as NBC Nightly News, The O'Reilly Factor, The Beltway Boys, C-Span's Washington Journal, and Hannity and Colmes, and on radio programs such as "All Things Considered" on National Public Radio. |
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Hudson taught philosophy at [[Fordham University]] from 1989 to 1995.<ref name=NYT /> He is the former publisher of the Roman Catholic journal ''Crisis''. |
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Hudson served as director of Catholic outreach for [[George W. Bush]]'s 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns. In 2004, Hudson resigned from the campaign and from ''Crisis'' after accusations of misconduct during his tenure at Fordham came to light. Hudson wrote an essay at the time, published at [[National Review#National_Review_Online|National Review Online]], acknowledging and explaining the situation, saying<blockquote> |
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In matters of this nature, exaggeration, half-truths, and rumor often tend to overtake the truth — and I wanted truth to get a head start. |
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<ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/hudson200408181000.asp ''The Price of Politics'', by Deal W. Hudson, [[National Review#National_Review_Online|National Review Online]], August 18, 2004.]</ref></blockquote> |
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The New York Times and Washington Post reported on the matter, as well.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |author=Kirkpatrick, David D. |title=Bush Campaign Adviser Quits as Sexual Misconduct Case Is Recalled |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E4D91E3FF93AA2575BC0A9629C8B63 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 19, 2004 |accessdate=2008-10-18}}</ref><ref name=WaPo>{{cite news |author=Cooperman, Alan |title=Crisis Publisher to Step Down |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A39745-2004Sep21?language=printer |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 22, 2004 |pages=A09 |accessdate=2008-10-18}}</ref> |
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In 2008, Hudson re-surfaced on the political scene as a prominent Catholic supporter of [[John McCain]]'s 2008 presidential campaign. Efforts by his critics to have him removed from this campaign were unsuccessful.<ref name=Hansen>{{cite news |author=Hansen, Ronald J. |title=McCain resists calls to remove embattled Catholic aide |url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/07/31/20080731mccaincatholics0731.html |work=[[The Arizona Republic]] |date=July 31, 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-18}}</ref> [[Catholic League (U.S.)|Catholic League]] president [[William A. Donohue|Bill Donohue]] described the efforts as "vindictive campaigns of personal destruction under the guise of promoting the Catholic cause."<ref name=Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights>{{cite news |author=Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights |title=Phony Assault On Deal Hudson |url=http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1463|work=[[Catholic League (U.S.)|The Catholic League]] |date=07-17-2008 |accessdate=2008-10-29}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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== See also == |
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*[[Religion and politics in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign]] |
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== External links == |
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*[http://dealwhudson.typepad.com/about.html Deal W. Hudson's blog] |
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*[http://insidecatholic.com InsideCatholic.com home page] |
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[[Category:American publishers (people)]] |
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[[Category:American Roman Catholic politicians]] |
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[[Category:Fordham University faculty]] |
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[[Category:People from Fairfax, Virginia]] |
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[[Category:People from Fort Worth, Texas]] |
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[[Category:University of Texas at Austin alumni]] |
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[[Category:Virginia Republicans]] |
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