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...continuation of repressive autocracies, often dynastic, in the Middle East--including countries that Washington regards as its "moderate" friends--that seal off safety valves for political dissent...
...unlike those famous models of contentious, decisive debates, last night’s forum was—in true recent Cambridge style—marked by agreement more than dissent. Candidates unanimously supported the Community Preservation Act, creative efforts at increasing affordable housing and improving local schools...
...House and Senate scramble to grant the Bush administration new power to identify and investigate potential terrorists, the much anticipated first signs of post-attack dissent are surfacing - but not between the two parties most of us expected...
There are already casualties at home. "We are in a fight for our principles," the President said, "and our first responsibility is to live by them." America is most proud of qualities that proved most vulnerable: our embrace of people of every faith and color, our appreciation for dissent as essential to democratic wisdom. Barbara Lee, Democrat of California, was the only lawmaker to vote against the bill authorizing the use of force; her office began receiving death threats. When dissent is made to seem unpatriotic, a little sliver of democracy is dying...
...There are already casualties at home. "We are in a fight for our principles," the President said, "and our first responsibility is to live by them." America is most proud of qualities that proved most vulnerable: its embrace of people of every faith and color, its appreciation for dissent as essential to democratic wisdom. Barbara Lee, Democrat of California, was the only lawmaker to vote against the bill authorizing the use of force; her office began receiving death threats. When dissent is made to seem unpatriotic, a little sliver of democracy is dying...