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- Opinion · Sep 13, 2009Character and Care
That is heart-breaking, it is wrong, and no one should be treated that way in the United States of America.” He’s right. No insurer should be able
- Opinion · Sep 11, 2009Obama, Health Care and the Limits of Charm
biggest threat to the economy versus 32 percent who said big business. A center-right nation elected a conventionally liberal president. The current health debate is the result. Obama, once … realign American politics or change its tone. Some Republicans are likely to draw the wrong lesson from the past few months -- that somehow their shrillness, incivility and conspiracy theories have
- Opinion · Sep 10, 2009Van Jones Meets America
belief that everything would be right in the world, were it not for the right’s great unwashed. Which is why I love the Van Jones brouhaha. Jones tendered … however, the free ride is over and the spotlight is harsh. It would be wrong not to dwell on some of Jones’ more interesting public moments. In 2004, Jones signed
- Opinion · Sep 3, 2009Small State Senate Race in Florida May Explain Entire Future of National GOP
might say, this is just another close race between two Republicans, right? Absolutely wrong. These guys might as well be surrogates for the big dogs who will be running
- Opinion · Sep 2, 2009Global Warming and the Sun
beyond where the science takes him. For all I know he’s right. But such humility and skepticism seem to manifest themselves only when the data point to something other … moment when we are told, nay lectured and harangued, that if we use the wrong toilet paper or eat the wrong cereal, we are frying the planet
- Opinion · Sep 2, 2009Unfair, Unbalanced, but Free
books because of their political speech,” says Citizens United, “ something has gone terribly wrong.” A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court seems to agree. Next week, for the second time … organizations such as Gun Owners of America, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Right to Life Committee or the Sierra Club, this description makes little sense. As Citizens United
- Opinion · Sep 1, 2009Good Thing We Don’t Mix Religion and Politics Anymore
improved care. More particularly, the administration has recently been drawn into controversy (rightly or wrongly) over “death panels” and also over the Veterans Affairs department’s endorsement of a pamphlet
- Opinion · Aug 27, 2009British Release True Savage While Continuing to Ban “Savage” Talk Show Host
entering their country. Now, it looks like the British government not only banned the wrong Savage, it also released from prison a genuine savage. As noted in my column … least let’s hope not. I understand all too well that our constitutionally protected rights of free speech don’t directly affect actions by the British government. But standing
- Alexander's Column · Aug 27, 2009Lion of the Left
domain of our Creator. However, we should never abandon our responsibility to discern right from wrong. On that note, Edward “Teddy” Kennedy (22 February 1932 — 25 August 2009) died this … well fundamentally alter the balance of the court and push it dangerously to the right.” Of course, Kennedy was an expert at “borking” judicial nominees. Indeed, he is responsible
- Opinion · Aug 25, 2009Losing Touch
Reserve to deal with such things. Back then one man, if he were the right man, could step in and re-finance and re-organize the banks and investment houses … growing objection. There may be something worse than having a president who is merely wrong, and that’s having one who seems lost. The letdown with this president
- Opinion · Aug 20, 2009The Answer to Everything
Pretentious, and ponderous, it’s mostly piffle -- when it’s not just plain wrong-headed. Should you think I exaggerate the combination of vast ignorance and baseless condescension represented … features Mr. Gladwell’s expose of Atticus Finch, attorney-at-law. That’s right: the hero of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” that staple of high-school English
- Alexander's Column · Aug 20, 2009Media Blackout When Assailants Are Black
capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice...” Adams understood that a shared penchant for justice and virtue is essential … liberty, and depends upon the ability of people to discern between right and wrong. Today, it is evident to every astute social scientist (and most anyone with common sense) that
- Opinion · Aug 19, 2009Obamacare’s Inevitable Logicj
life counseling”. Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa piled on : “You have every right to fear. ... We should not have a government program that determines if you’re going … Congress added drug coverage to Medicare.) But even if some conservative Republican critics are wrong about Section 1233, there is good reason to worry about Obama’s nationalization scheme
- Opinion · Aug 19, 2009Bob Novak
come forward and admit to being wrong. And again, Bob was only sort of wrong, but he had the self-confidence to admit error. He also had the intellect … fall into error rarely. On the large issues of our time, he was always right and boldly so. He was an early and intelligent proponent of the economics that brought
- Opinion · Aug 13, 2009The Other ‘Hispanic’ Nominee
Estrada) is like a Stealth missile -- with a nose cone -- coming out of the right wing’s deepest silo (emphasis added).” When, however, President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor, Schumer … even in the case of a racial or ethnic “first” -- if nominated by the wrong party. Democrats market themselves as the party of compassion and sensitivity to racial and ethnic
- Opinion · Aug 12, 2009Dogs Don’t Care About Dogma
supposed to do this sort of thing, not the hardhearted Scrooges of the right. We like war and shooting fur-bearing creatures and cutting budgets for agencies that remove thorns … obvious infections, but we still don’t know what’s wrong with him. So how did a hard-core right-winger like me end up taking
- Opinion · Aug 6, 2009Obama Would Stifle Military and Medical Creativity
granted. In the hubbub of political debate, we concentrate on things that are allegedly wrong with America and lose sight of our great achievements. We make up only 4 percent … proliferation. The administration is expanding our ground forces, who have shown that with the right strategy they could achieve victory in Iraq and, one hopes, again in Afghanistan. But limiting
- Opinion · Aug 5, 2009Russo-Georgia One Year On: From Reset to Repeat?
peace, a great state, etc. Count on Vice President Joe Biden to push another wrong button, or at least push his foot into his mouth. In an interview last month … into a compliant Russian satellite. Russia is now warning Georgia that it “reserves the right to use force.” Bluster and bluff? Probably. But it is a political repeat and definitely
- Opinion · Aug 4, 2009What the Gates-Crowley “Teachable Moment” Really Teaches
attention from the president’s gaffe in declaring that the Cambridge police “acted stupidly” right after acknowledging both that he was a personal friend of Louis Gates and that … black and the officer just another racist white policeman. The professor was wrong. The president was wrong. The press is wrong. Liberals are wrong. Even most blacks are wrong. Many
- Opinion · Aug 4, 2009The Death of Conscience
general -- causes many of them to lose understanding of what is wrong and what is right. When a young child’s sensibilities are constantly violated, and he begins to ignore … life-giving power and joy that comes with confession. Tears of repentance over wrongs done makes our hearts strong, yet maleable in the hands of a a loving God. Ignoring