What with the killing of abortion doctor George Tiller and President Barack Obama’s speech at Notre Dame, there has been talk recently of trying to make the abortion debate more civil. Some people are asking, “Can we debate without demonizing? Can we disagree without being disagreeable?” I think the answer to both questions is a […]
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is making things easier for a lot of people in Washington. She has gotten a lot of publicity recently thanks to her fight with the CIA. She was an outspoken critic of the Bush Administration and its policies, including the interrogation techniques used on suspected terrorists at Guantanamo. It
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I read a couple of things recently that were supposed to be funny. One set of remarks involved President Obama and the First Lady, the other pertained to Rush Limbaugh. I found both sets to be pretty offensive. I read an article about an orangutan that almost escaped from the zoo. Below the article where
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John McCain was recently on Jay Leno’s show and, rather than learn from the President’s recent example, McCain said something inappropriate, too. Instead of targeting a whole group of people; however, Senator McCain directed his attempt at humor towards one person: his recent running mate Sarah Palin. McCain was reeling off a list of strong
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One thing that some supporters of Barack Obama like about the new President is his “post-partisan” appeal. They praise President Obama for not being a typical politician—conservative or liberal—all the way down the line. We could call him a maverick, but that political nickname has already been claimed. The President’s ability to nod to the
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