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...Still, it's hard to argue that the left in general and gays in particular should sit on their hands while foes outspend them. Strategically, the Cabinet makes sense; most people who defend its secrecy offer a Machiavellian understanding of ends and means. "I could lose a lot of sleep about it, and I do wonder why they have abandoned [gay] organizations that have a 35-year track record in order to have their own operations," says a seasoned Washington gay activist. "But if that's the way the rules of the game are being played, I need to maneuver...
...that time, I had seen the attitude. What surprised me was the vehemence of it. A sex scene has to justify itself, because you are going to get so much crap about it. You're going to have to defend it again and again and again. Fair or not, that's just true in this country...
Absolutely not. The neutral defense of fundamental freedoms is at the core of the civil liberties agenda, which is looking beyond the immediate factual contest to understand that what is being fought for is a general principle that we have to defend every time it's threatened. As experience shows, if government ever has the power to violate one right for one person, then no right is safe for any other person...
...meantime, don't expect Stevens to be waiting for permission from anyone to defend his name and his legacy. As his old friend Roderick put it, "Yeah, he'll keep on fighting. That's the only thing he knows...
...between tax cuts and no tax cuts," it's whether we reward wealth or work. On education, the choice isn't more money or more reform - "our schools need both." And on the war, the choice isn't isolation or endless war: "I will never hesitate to defend this nation, but I will only send our troops into harm's way with a clear mission and a sacred commitment to give them the equipment they need in battle and the care and benefits they deserve when they come home...