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- Opinion · Oct 22, 2012Can a Conscientious Liberal Back Obama?
voted for hasn’t abandoned Bush’s antiterror legacy, not by a long shot. Since Obama took office, warrantless wiretapping of Americans’ domestic communications has skyrocketed. According … order the extrajudicial killing of American citizensterrorist operatives. he believes to be Neocon hawks may not blink at such things, but conscientious liberals like you were always appalled by them
- Opinion · Sep 24, 2012The Ghosts of Jimmy Carter
Benghazi. Even more so when the administration insisted that the outbreak of anti-American violence by rampaging Islamists in nearly 30 countries was due solely to a YouTube video mocking … appearance of US weakness leads to. Obama was still a presidential hopeful when liberal historian Sean Wilentz observed in 2008 that he “resembles Jimmy Carter more than he does
- Opinion · Sep 13, 2012Let Bush Be
term proposition.” Like all presidents, Obama inherited both positive and negative legacies. True, there was a war in Iraq, but the surge -- which candidate Obama opposed … David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker had already negotiated a timetable for American withdrawal. Obama followed that settlement; he no more ended the war alone than did he start
- Opinion · Sep 7, 2012Campaign 2012 in a Nutshell: Wrong Ideas vs. No Ideas
same rules, GOP convention was a disaster, too. So, either the rules of American politics have fundamentally changed, or at least one of the parties is taking an enormous gamble … busing, muddled on abortion), or if the GOP had not nominated such a liberal candidate so closely tied to the Nixon presidency, it’s quite possible the Republicans would have
- Opinion · Sep 6, 2012The Obama Hare and Romney the Tortoise
president nominee who is informed and reliable, and the standard conservative correctives offered to liberal excesses. We have now gone through Obama’s various caricatures of a scary Mitt Romney … longer be packaged as either a “summer of recovery” or George Bush’s legacy -- and so are left unmentioned The current presidential race remains a seesaw battle because
- Opinion · Aug 21, 2012Romney-Ryan Forces Americans to Finally Face Looming Fiscal Doom
itself could give Mitt Romney a lasting legacy as a transformational president. Second, Romney-Ryans prevails, but without persuading a majority of Americans of the urgency of this issue … Under the first scenario, although current and imminent beneficiaries will retain their benefits, younger Americans will experience the discomfort that such foundational change entails, but will later be profoundly grateful
- Opinion · Aug 16, 2012The Legacy of Helen Gurley Brown
view a multi-car pileup. Yet the “damage” Brown’s philosophy of sexual liberation caused (or reflected) is far more severe. A sampling of Cosmo headlines included: “75 Sex Tricks … them and suffer as a result. Katherine Kerstin, chairman of the Center of the American Experiment in Minneapolis and a commentator for National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” wrote
- Opinion · Aug 9, 2012Mitt, More Gaffes Like This, Please
over a philosophical insight worthy of a presidential debate. One of the few things Americans on both sides of the partisan divide can agree on is that this election … tout this fact than liberals, the truth is virtually every serious liberal believes it to be true to one extent or another. When you hear liberal politicians celebrate diversity
- Opinion · Jul 5, 2012The ‘Oprahfication’ of America
uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, which mandates health insurance for most Americans, based on twisted logic that it is a tax and thus within the power … decisive vote. “It’s a very odd decision,” said Rothstein. “The conservative guy went liberal.” Rothstein further speculated about Roberts’ motives when he said that the chief justice’s experience
- Alexander's Column · Jun 28, 2012The Price of Liberty
liberal (a distinction without difference) to avoid the comparison between the imperial powers from which our Founders broke free and the Imperial Presidency which now threatens the American Liberty , they … generations of American Patriots since, have defended with their “Lives, Fortunes, and Sacred Honor.” Contrast the current Commander in Chief’s wanton and willful disregard for his sworn oath
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121984 Democratic Platform
Armed Forces, the handicapped and disabled, the members of our American family who are trapped in poverty, and all Americans who look to government to protect them from the pain … make genuine progress toward a safer world. The Democratic Party is confident that American ideals and American interests reinforce each other in our foreign policy; the promotion of democracy
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121980 Democratic Platform
Americans share the concerns of all Americans. They too are concerned about decent housing, health care, equal employment opportunities, care of the elderly, and education. In addition, ethnic Americans have … pluralism, and to enable all Americans to partake equally in the American way of life. Americans Living Abroad Almost 3 million American citizens live overseas, both as government employees
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121976 Democratic Platform
midst of a major recession. Stagnation, waste and human suffering are the legacy left to the American people by Republican economic policies. During the past five years, U.S. economic growth … moral trust responsibilities to the American Indian. We believe it is honorable to obey and implement our treaty obligations to the first Americans. In discharging our duty, we shall exert
- Historic Document · May 29, 20122004 Republican Platform
Historically, African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaska Natives have experienced poorer health outcomes and received lower-quality care than the majority of Americans. For example … Americans. Removing Barriers for Americans with Disabilities We support the New Freedom Initiative, President Bush’s plan for fully integrating Americans with disabilities into all aspects of American life
- Historic Document · May 29, 20122000 Republican Platform
individual state. Americans In The Territories We welcome greater participation in all aspects of the political process by Americans residing in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas … ideas that often bear the mark of American inspiration. No other great power challenges American international preeminence. There is every reason for Americans to be extraordinarily optimistic about their future
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121996 Republican Platform
America to follow. Americans in the Territories We welcome greater participation in all aspects of the political process by Americans residing in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern … boys raises the prospect of soaring juvenile crime. This is, in part the legacy of liberalism - in the old Democrat Congress, in the Clinton Department of Justice
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121992 Republican Platform
projects designed to instill a sense of responsibility and pride. This is the legacy of a liberalism that elevates criminals’ fights above victims’ rights, that justifies soft-on-crime judges … their debts. The Quality Revolution in American business has quietly but profoundly transformed American culture over the past decade. Millions of American workers have benefited from the more cooperative spirit
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121988 Republican Platform
reduce strategic nuclear weapons by 50 percent are possible because the American people trust Republican leadership. The American people know that, for Republicans, no agreement is better than an agreement … rebuilding American strength and restoring American self-confidence, Republicans achieved a remarkable series of foreign policy objectives critical to our country’s security. The resurgence of American leadership has changed
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121984 Republican Platform
country would not be where it is today. For millions of black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and members of other minority groups, the past four years have seen … force for liberation and the use of force for conquest and territorial expansion. We applaud the liberation of man and mind from oppression everywhere. We applaud the liberation of Grenada
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121976 Republican Platform
invest, it destroys the very wellspring of American productivity. Obviously, when production falls, the number of jobs declines. The American people are beginning to understand that no government can ever … directly to income, the Democrat-controlled Congress has not kept faith with the American people. Every American knows he cannot continually live beyond his means. The Republican Party advocates