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...First and foremost, the Valentine case is especially disturbing from a Constitutional standpoint. The free exercise of one’s religion is guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, and the First and 14th Amendments have governed the state’s ability to interfere with religious practice since at least the middle of the 19th century. There is more than just a textual significance to these amendments. Some historians have argued that the pursuit of religious freedom by persecuted minorities—including but not limited to the Protestant denominations that dominate our national headlines today?...
...First and foremost, re-establishing relations with Iran will inspire the morose progress of nuclear negotiations by demonstrating America’s seriousness in actually approaching, and not just bullying, Iran. Since 2006, negotiations have dragged on with virtually no results; the politically hamstrung Iran Six (China, Britain, France, Germany, the US, Russia) have continued to press their relatively toothless sanctions while a determined Iran keeps plodding on in its ascent to the nuclear club. As a senator, President Obama compiled an impressive record on nuclear non-proliferation. By engaging Iran effectively on this issue, he could help to keep...
...First and foremost, the Raptor promises to save American lives and end air combat against any potential adversaries in a decisive fashion. During a recent military exercise, dubbed “Northern Edge” by the Pentagon, the Raptor amassed a truly impressive virtual kill ratio against the F-15 and F-16 fighters that have been the de facto standard for aircraft designers all over the world. This simulated exercise, known as a “Red Flag,” pits highly skilled United States Air Force pilots against each other in mock combat...
Following that, Morgan opened the ACLU's Atlanta-based Southern Regional Office, which continues today as one of the nation's foremost defenders of voting rights. He notably argued Reynolds v. Sims, a landmark Supreme Court case that ended the rural South's dominance in state politics, and his office challenged the exclusion of blacks from juries and represented black death-row inmates convicted by all-white panels. "The jury box and the ballot box," he said, "are the only places where citizens can tell their government what to do and the government has to listen...
...while he was a classic example of the public intellectual who wrote deeply and widely, the Richard Neuhaus I knew was also much more. He was first and foremost a wise and kind man, whose social and political activism was not a "substitute for religion." On the contrary, he always insisted that the true meaning of politics could not be grasped apart from the understanding that there are more important things . That is how he was able to be such a happy warrior, and a generous and loving one at that...