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"Morality is one thing and religion is another. You can have both or neither, or one or the other." - 2006
Huffington Post
Arianna Huffington has offered another provocative perspective in her recent post: Winning the War On Terror: Lessons From Hercules, Hydra and Tom Friedman. While her points may not be entirely original, many of us who are critical of Mr. Bush’s campaign in Iraq will continue to rephrase our arguments until something makes it […]
Bravo! The American Bar Association has read the U.S. Constitution. It created a task force which has concluded that presidential signing statements are a threat to the separation of powers doctrine. The task force was highly critical of President Bush’s use of signing statements in particular.
Michael Greco, the President of […]
Once again, moderate Democrats are urging the party to “talk religion” and embrace faith-based campaigning if they want to win elections. They’re wrong. By focusing on their specific religious beliefs, Democrats can only perpetuate the exclusionary myth that morality is (and can only ever be) inherently connected to religion.
There are basic human […]
For the most part, Republicans aren’t right. They’re just LOUD! Following their loud and rather hypocritical criticism of a recent Internet ad by the DCCC ( the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee), the DCCC dropped the ad. What was the source of the criticism? The ad showed flag-draped coffins of American soldiers […]
I have a neocon alter-ego, my evil twin. Today, he simply couldn’t understand all the fuss about the President’s veto of the bill to federally fund human embryonic stem cell research. Why on earth should our federal government fund medical research that might save more lives? How are we going to pay […]