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...there are thousands who tend the sick, educate the poor and give of themselves to make people like me proud to be a member of the Catholic faith. This nation has accomplished a great deal in building tolerance among people of all religions, races and ethnicities. Let's not destroy those accomplishments with the use of offensive images...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 12, 2007 | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

Christians normally reserve this vehemence for a different place name beginning with H. But this was war. Hollywood, no longer satisfied with trying to undermine Christianity, was taking a shovel, pickax and video camera and trying to physically destroy it. The man who showed us Kate Winslet's breasts in Titanic was boasting that he had brought God to Manhattan in a box and DNA-tested him like a dinosaur femur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood vs. Jesus | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...coming out show-biz suicide for O'Donnell? Every celebrity should destroy her career so well. She has shown Middle America that lesbians can love women without hating men. And she has used her sexuality--the lesbian is Switzerland in the battle of the sexes--as entrée to discuss such concepts as the idea that sexual preference is a continuum, not an either/or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yep, She's Mainstream | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...cause actually was worthy in purpose: to liberate a country from a dictator, perhaps to find and destroy some dangerous weapons, and more recently to stop the chaos and slaughter that we have unbottled in Iraq. Some war critics don't wish to give Bush this much credit. But none of the ulterior motives sometimes attributed to the President make any sense. His intentions were noble, however na?ve and pigheaded. But the war was a horrible mistake. And as everyone comes to realize it was a mistake, continuing it becomes something much worse than a mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Support the Troops: Bring Them Home | 2/19/2007 | See Source »

...happened on that September day and confront the terrorists with everything we've got. Politics doesn't have to divide us on this anymore - we can work together to keep our country safe. I've worked with Republican Senator Dick Lugar to pass a law that will secure and destroy some of the world's deadliest, unguarded weapons. We can work together to track terrorists down with a stronger military, we can tighten the net around their finances, and we can improve our intelligence capabilities. But let us also understand that ultimate victory against our enemies will come only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Text: Obama's "Announcement For President" | 2/10/2007 | See Source »

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