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- Alexander's Column · Jan 9, 20092008 in Review: Top Questions Barack Obama Did Not Answer
without question, worked, why is it that you cannot simply admit you were wrong? What is it about leaders of states who sponsor terrorism and harbor terrorists that makes … gonna be apparent initially, it’s not gonna be apparent that we’re right.” What in heaven’s name was he ranting about? In regard to your so-called “National
- Opinion · Jan 8, 2009Try a Little Honesty in 2009
place much of George Bush’s policies, then either Bush was right then or Obama will be wrong in 2009. (C) 2008 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
- Opinion · Jan 7, 2009Madoff Is a Piker
found, the scheme crashes. Political leaders say Madoff’s alleged crimes show what’s wrong with the country. President-elect Obama said the “massive fraud that was made possible … promises. Twice the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Americans have no contractual rights regarding Social Security benefits. In 1960 (Flemming v. Nestor), the court said, “To engraft upon the Social
- Opinion · Jan 6, 2009A Question for My Friend Alan Dershowitz
differs with one’s ideological compatriots. But when one’s ideological compatriots are morally wrong on the greatest moral issue of the moment and perhaps the very clearest as well … world’s moral idiots at the present moment, he does criticize the right for having its anti-Israel moral fools. In his book “The Case against Israel’s Enemies
- Opinion · Jan 3, 2009The So-called International Community
counterpart to urgently halt the military action.” The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, “strongly condemned Israel’s disproportionate use of force,” as did Brazil. Indonesia called … basis. “But your analysis … is seen by people around the world to be completely wrong-headed. The idea that Hamas sort of came from nowhere and radicalized Palestinian society overlooks
- Opinion · Dec 30, 2008When a Woman Isn’t in the Mood: Part II
simply wise enough to recognize that marriages based on mutual obligations -- as opposed to rights alone and certainly as opposed to moods -- are likely to be the best marriages … simply be wrong to have sex with their husband when they are not in the mood to. Of course, most women never regard it as hypocritical and rightly regard
- Opinion · Dec 30, 2008Unpardonable
draconian sentences. Only the president of the United States has the power to right the wrongness of their sentences. Only Bush can bring justice -- for in these cases, a commutation … pardon. It also would be an outrage if Bush failed to do right by Aaron, an unconnected African-American man serving life for a first-time nonviolent offense
- Opinion · Dec 26, 2008Defending Rick Warren
more deserving of respect than racists or anti-Semites. What particularly outraged gay rights activists was a comment Warren made in a TV interview when he compared two homosexuals getting … infidelity? As for transgender people who believe that they are “assigned” to the wrong sex, their sexuality seems a deeply complicated matter. According to Wikipedia, the term “transgender,” which
- Opinion · Dec 25, 2008The Politics of Prayer
stood by his choice, noting he favors much of the gay-rights agenda (though not marriage). Warren, too, felt the need to say “some of my best friends … that Nathan did not compromise Truth, but confronted David with what he had done wrong. How many modern preachers would confront a president like that? Probably not many if they
- Opinion · Dec 19, 2008No Mercy for Jihad Johnny
from Marin County, Calif., who was just caught in the “wrong place at the wrong time.” Others, like Esquire magazine writer Tom Junod, have proclaimed him “innocent” and lamented … medium-security facility. Junod criticized the government for forbidding Lindh to speak Arabic -- human rights atrocity! Meanwhile, he enjoys the privilege of cooking meals for himself and fellow inmates, working
- Opinion · Dec 19, 2008The U.S. House Of Lords?
name recognition, but so does J-Lo.” -- Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) Right idea, wrong argument. The problem with Caroline Kennedy’s presumption to Hillary Clinton’s soon … wrong. I have nothing against Caroline Kennedy. She seems a fine person. She certainly has led the life of a worthy socialite helping all the right causes. But when
- Opinion · Dec 16, 2008Minorities Should Express Shame, Not Only Pride
Pride. Jewish Pride. Black pride. Hispanic Pride. Multiculturalism. Ethnic pride. Minority rights vs. “tyranny of the majority.” For a generation, America has been awash in the celebration of minorities … only evildoers in America white male heterosexual Christians? Is there something inherently wrong about members of minorities expressing anything but group pride? Are there no minority sins worthy of shame
- Opinion · Dec 16, 2008What’s in a Middle Name?
Muslim world by attacking Iraq without justification. They obviously believe Muslims have a right to be outraged at us and we need to make amends and show them … doesn’t fit Obama’s palette of predispositions to recognize that America was not wrong in liberating Iraq -- something the self-styled compassionate left should be ashamed to have opposed
- Opinion · Dec 12, 2008A Little Blago for Everyone
Blagojevich scandal it’s hard to know where to begin. Wait. That’s not right. There are so many bleeping things to love about this bleeping-bleep Blagojevich scandal … politics and the old ways. So far, it looks like Obama did nothing wrong, and I hope that remains the case. But it’s worth remembering that there really
- Opinion · Dec 10, 2008Do Worry About the Deficit
John Maynard Keynes’s complaint: Roosevelt’s budget deficits were too small. Krugman is right about FDR’s deficits being relatively small. As University of Arizona economist Price Fishback wrote … this economy on the road to recovery,” Krugman wrote. This is the wrong lesson to learn from the 1930s. The New Deal didn’t fail because its deficits were
- Opinion · Dec 10, 2008O.J., Obama and Race in America
country and mine differ, to be sure. But on this point, Obama was absolutely right. America’s racial story begins horribly with slavery but has become one of unfolding success … Simpson as a symbol of permanent division and the impossibility of progress were wrong. What better proof of that is there than that Obama, the nation’s first black president
- Opinion · Dec 9, 2008A Response to Marc Shaiman’s Musical Against Prop 8
valid or recognized in California.†What is hateful about that? It may be wrong, but why is it hateful? All the hate publicly expressed in the Prop. 8 battle … kids about sodomy!†And then the gay group responds: “That wasn’t right, that’s a lie!†And the church group counters: “But it worked
- Opinion · Dec 9, 2008O.J.ustice
seemed perfectly all right to O.J. Simpson that he should have it. If he was denied something, it appears, he saw nothing wrong with resorting to violence in order … culture. How do you punish anyone for anything if nothing can be judged right or wrong? This is the product of courts that have misread the First Amendment
- Opinion · Dec 5, 2008The Foggy Crystal Ball
need to take our lumps and spend some time thinking about where things went wrong, it would be nice if the Chicken Littles spent a wee bit of time doing … Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World,” echoes these concerns. Heck, maybe they’re all right. Maybe not. The simple fact is that no one knows. But I’d bet against
- Opinion · Dec 3, 2008An Ugly Attack on Mormons
effort to rally opposition to Proposition 8, the initiative that successfully repealed the right to same-sex marriage in the state. What was the reaction to the ad? Widespread condemnation … amazing. Hollywood liberals, who usually shout “McCarthyism!” as a first resort, see nothing wrong with this. If Jews were attacked in this way for giving too much money