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...powerful dose of reform. It’s difficult to say we’re doing well by pioneers when the average citizen worries about starting her own business because of medical bills. It’s tough to say we’re economically flexible when the average American family worries about bankruptcy when a child falls sick...
...argument that American vitality will diminish if we pass the health-insurance bill is ultimately not only misleading, but also dangerous. When we wedge complicated issues between incompatible moral principles, we often drift further from pragmatic reform. There is no doubt that the health-care debate is just as much about values as dollars, but reducing the values debate to a pleasant, soothing dichotomy only solidifies the status quo. Claiming we can’t currently circumvent a tragic choice only postpones the change we need...
Although forecasting the economic climate is difficult, we know that, in the past, security and vitality have tended to be more complementary than conflicting. In the greatest episodes of our American journey, vitality and security have gone hand in hand. Making it easier to take care of the basics of life strengthens the middle class and spurs future growth...
...social contract spans eras. Today’s young provide some protection for those who sacrificed in the past, and today’s elderly maintain a duty of active stewardship for those who will come in the future. There are live wires between us, and to describe the American contract of caring for citizens of other generations as a mere siphoning process, as Brooks does, is to cheapen...
College football may seem like a religion to Americans, but to many American Catholics, the University of Notre Dame football team is the incarnation of their faith in sport. Yet apart from the battle for the college football national championship, the biggest news this season has been the continued decline of Notre Dame...