Word: argumentative
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...attitude puts Hutchinson in a bind. Pryor notes, for instance, that the Republican has repeatedly voted against raising the minimum wage. Hutchinson counters that expanding the earned-income tax credit would be a better way to help the working poor, but he acknowledges that it's a complex argument: "Voters don't want to hear an economics lesson." If he can't find a better way to explain why he's the model for economic change, Hutchinson, the first G.O.P. Senator from Arkansas in more than 100 years, may be the last for some time. --By Matthew Cooper. With reporting...
...plays an ever greater role in Israel's hostility toward Palestinian nationalist claims. "Our connection to the land goes back to our first ancestor. Arabs have no right to the land of Israel," says Rabbi Haim Druckman, a settler leader and a parliamentarian with the National Religious Party. This argument infuriates Palestinian Muslims--especially since the Koran claims that Abraham was not a Jew but Islam's first believer. "The people who supported Abraham believed in one God and only one God, and that was the Muslims. Only the Muslims," says Sheik Taysir Tamimi, Yasser Arafat's liaison for religious...
...entire argument would be moot if Early Decision were dropped in favor of Early Action, which serves students rather than colleges. Early Action usually gives students a response before the regular admissions cycle starts, affording students additional information about their chances of acceptance to other institutions—not to mention in many cases the security of being already accepted to one school. But until then, Princeton and Brown are making a difficult process even more painful for high school students...
Catholic hospitals make the argument that providing the emergency contraceptive would go against their moral principles. They add that their denial would not prevent the victim from receiving such treatment at another hospital. While that is logically true, it is not a realistic option for almost all victims of sexual assault. A woman who would certainly be distraught, and possibly in shock, should not be forced to make an additional stop for basic care that can spare her months or even years of anguish. These victims do not have the energy, the time or the luxury to find a hospital...
...Though it is true that many groups and projects may not last the long term, I have yet to hear a good argument as to why this is a bad thing. If anything, college should be a time to try new things, make mistakes, and learn from them,” Smith writes...