Member 3327Our view on same-sex marriage: California ruling invites backlash against gay rights (USATODAY.com)22-05-2008 13h22USATODAY.com - Last week, when California became the second state after Massachusetts to allow gay marriage, same-sex couples celebrated and began planning June weddings. Good for them. But the unfortunate and unnecessary impact of the California Supreme Court ruling might well have been to set back the cause of gay rights more broadly. Opposing view: The court got it right (USATODAY.com)22-05-2008 13h21USATODAY.com - Last week, the highest court in our nation's biggest state got it right: Excluding loving committed couples from marriage harms them and their families and helps no one. Exclusion also violates the constitution's command of equality for all. American values of fairness and inclusion really do matter and apply to gay and non-gay people alike. Opposing view: 'The battle has just begun' (USATODAY.com)22-05-2008 13h20USATODAY.com - At first glance, homosexual activists and their supporters have won the day by persuading a narrow majority of four California Supreme Court judges to jettison thousands of years of human wisdom regarding the institution of marriage. But the battle has just begun: The definition of marriage is on track to be once again brought before the citizens of California in a November ballot amendment to the California constitution. Do graduates understand citizenship? (The Christian Science Monitor)22-05-2008 17h00The Christian Science Monitor - It is the season of commencement speeches. High schools and colleges near and far are celebrating their graduates by hosting celebrity speechmakers. We listen for sound bites from the Bills – Clinton, Cosby, and Gates – along with CEOs and novelists, college presidents, and politicians. A cost to sports 'edu-tainment' (The Christian Science Monitor)22-05-2008 17h00The Christian Science Monitor - Two reports from the body that governs college sports bring sobering news: Schools are paying more to subsidize athletic programs, and the term "student-athlete" remains a dubious concept. Those who run higher ed should be asking if sports is hindering the job of educating young people. The Bosnian Sniper Math of Clinton's Popular Vote Claim (HuffingtonPost.com)22-05-2008 10h34HuffingtonPost.com - Obama did the right thing by praising Clinton following the Oregon and Kentucky vote, and working to reweave the fabric of Democratic unity. And I'm delighted that Clinton said, "No matter what happens, I will work as hard as I can to elect a Democratic president this fall." But then she insisted once again, that "we are winning the popular vote." This lie undermined every word she said about coming together. McCain's Pastor Hagee on Hitler and the Jews (The Nation)22-05-2008 12h58The Nation - The Nation -- John Hagee, the controversial pastor who has endorsed John McCain, argued in a late 1990s sermon that God sent Hitler to help the Jews get to the promised land (Israel, not Auschwitz). Obama Gets Farm Bill Right (The Nation)22-05-2008 11h15The Nation - The Nation -- The federal farm bill that President Bush vetoed and that the Congress has enacted despite him is, to be sure, a flawed document. For instance, there are still too many of the wrong kinds of subsidies directed to agribusiness interests and hobbyists rather than working farmers. The Morning Report (RealClearPolitics.com)22-05-2008 23h30RealClearPolitics.com - In the Headlines: Ted Kennedy's America (RealClearPolitics.com)23-05-2008 03h30RealClearPolitics.com - Shortly after John Kennedy's inauguration, a fictive account of a conversation between Richard Nixon and Ted Sorensen, Kennedy's speech writer, made the rounds. According to the story, Nixon told Sorensen that there was one thing Kennedy said that he wished he had said. Sorensen asked whether it was the line starting with "Ask not what your country can do for you," and Nixon replied, "No, it was the one starting with 'I do solemnly swear.'" <<< Prev member Next member >>> Randon Members Member 1941 Member 1854 Member 4170 Member 4978 Member 4145 Member 2387 Member 5041 Member 1147 Member 172 Member 2354 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 | |
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