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...force in American politics as evidenced by a poll that found that 90 percent of Americans say they want a President who believes in God. Having a multitude of religious opinions in a healthy public dialogue will not turn America into a theocracy but instead help create a consensus about our country’s shared values. Such a debate would be preferable to the monopolization of religion in the public sphere by the single version of Christianity promoted by the religious right.The alternative would be to silence both sides; that is, forbid Democrats and Republicans from bringing any sort...
...power vacuum in which rogue nuclear states (he cites the threat of Iran) would evolve [Jan. 23]. That's too simple. Conflicts are most wisely resolved by a multinational process that listens to and understands the subtleties of cultural differences and proposes solutions that build trust and democratic consensus. Besides lacking the broad knowledge necessary, single states are concerned primarily with national interests. As de facto world policeman since the end of the cold war, the U.S. has exhibited both problems. Given the anti-American feelings throughout the world, it would be in the U.S.'s best interest...
...band printed with advertising. The office is getting known as an easy grader, awarding patents too leniently, to such things as basic medical tests and "business methods" like one-click online shopping. That stifles innovation and blocks new products from the market, according to some experts. "There's a consensus in academia and the legal world that the patent system is seriously out of balance and needs reform," says economist Carl Shapiro of Berkeley's Haas School of Business...
...batted away praise. "This won't last forever," she told her audience. "The real test is yet to come. The proof of the pudding is in domestic policies." Sober - and accurate. Merkel heads up a grand coalition with her former adversaries, the Social Democratic Party (spd), and must find consensus on ways to revitalize the economy, repair the health system and boost employment. Victories in three state elections on March 26 gave her coalition a lift, but now, for the first time since it won power four months ago, the German government is set to grasp the nettle of domestic...
...Ahmadinejad, and Washington seems to have little interest in any grand bargain that would offer the theocratic regime security guarantees. Thus diplomacy for the moment is centered on the U.N. But even if Iran fails to accept demands that it submit to involuntary inspections, the challenge of reaching consensus on sanctions with real teeth could take months, if it can be achieved at all. The search is already on for selective embargoes that might stand a chance of passage. "It's not going to be oil for food," says a Bush Administration official. "I don't have a clue...