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Deal Hudson, publisher of Crisis magazine and, until recently, a top Bush political adviser on outreach to Roman Catholics, will resign from the magazine at the end of the year after five of his most influential columnists pressured the board to get rid of him.
****The columnists, who include some of the nation’s best-known Catholic scholars, told the board in a letter that they would leave the magazine unless the board ejected Mr. Hudson, 54…
The five columnists include the two founding editors of the magazine: Michael Novak of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and University of Notre Dame philosophy professor Ralph McInerny.
****The other columnists were Claremont University political science professor Michael Uhlmann; Faith & Reason Institute President Robert Royal; and Russell Hittinger, professor of Catholic studies at the University of Tulsa.
****“He withdrew from being an adviser to the White House, so one could conclude he should leave Crisis,” Mr. McInerny said. “If his presence had a negative effect on a Catholic campaign effort, certainly it’d affect a Catholic magazine.”
****Mr. Hudson issued a press release yesterday afternoon, saying he would direct book publishing and seminars for the newly formed Morley Institute, part of the Morley Publishing Group that owns Crisis. In a separate e-mail to supporters, Mr. Hudson said he will help raise funds for Crisis at his new post, which he will assume Jan. 1…
"…However, Crisis board members were concerned enough about the fallout from the NCR article to ask three other top Catholic scholars – papal biographer George Weigel; the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, editor of First Things magazine; and Princeton University professor Robert George – whether the magazine could survive with Mr. Hudson at the helm.
****The consensus, according to some of the columnists, was “no.”
****After Mr. Hudson quit the Bush-Cheney campaign in mid-August, support for him and Crisis among Catholic intellectuals evaporated.
****Advisory board member Peggy Noonan, a speechwriter for President Reagan who is volunteering her time with the Bush re-election effort, quickly canceled a speech she had agreed to give at the magazine’s $250-a-plate fund-raiser last Friday night at the Willard Hotel.
****Many of Washington’s best-known Catholics also boycotted the dinner, and there were many empty seats at the gathering of 330 people. Miss Noonan also turned down an annual award given by the magazine.
****Crisis then offered the award to the Rev. James V. Schall, a Georgetown University professor, and Mr. McInerny, both of whom turned it down. The Rev. Benedict Groeschel, 71, a widely known Franciscan author and lecturer, eventually agreed to receive it.
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****The columnists, who include some of the nation’s best-known Catholic scholars, told the board in a letter that they would leave the magazine unless the board ejected Mr. Hudson, 54…
The five columnists include the two founding editors of the magazine: Michael Novak of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and University of Notre Dame philosophy professor Ralph McInerny.
****The other columnists were Claremont University political science professor Michael Uhlmann; Faith & Reason Institute President Robert Royal; and Russell Hittinger, professor of Catholic studies at the University of Tulsa.
****“He withdrew from being an adviser to the White House, so one could conclude he should leave Crisis,” Mr. McInerny said. “If his presence had a negative effect on a Catholic campaign effort, certainly it’d affect a Catholic magazine.”
****Mr. Hudson issued a press release yesterday afternoon, saying he would direct book publishing and seminars for the newly formed Morley Institute, part of the Morley Publishing Group that owns Crisis. In a separate e-mail to supporters, Mr. Hudson said he will help raise funds for Crisis at his new post, which he will assume Jan. 1…
"…However, Crisis board members were concerned enough about the fallout from the NCR article to ask three other top Catholic scholars – papal biographer George Weigel; the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, editor of First Things magazine; and Princeton University professor Robert George – whether the magazine could survive with Mr. Hudson at the helm.
****The consensus, according to some of the columnists, was “no.”
****After Mr. Hudson quit the Bush-Cheney campaign in mid-August, support for him and Crisis among Catholic intellectuals evaporated.
****Advisory board member Peggy Noonan, a speechwriter for President Reagan who is volunteering her time with the Bush re-election effort, quickly canceled a speech she had agreed to give at the magazine’s $250-a-plate fund-raiser last Friday night at the Willard Hotel.
****Many of Washington’s best-known Catholics also boycotted the dinner, and there were many empty seats at the gathering of 330 people. Miss Noonan also turned down an annual award given by the magazine.
****Crisis then offered the award to the Rev. James V. Schall, a Georgetown University professor, and Mr. McInerny, both of whom turned it down. The Rev. Benedict Groeschel, 71, a widely known Franciscan author and lecturer, eventually agreed to receive it.
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