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...signals on the economy, no consensus on immigration, soaring deficits and scandals to boot. If partisans want to cheer for more of the same, so be it. Meanwhile, the general public will support the party that demonstrates a commitment to leading this country back to being a beacon of freedom, justice and prosperity. James C. Sylvan, Baltimore...
...almost exclusively positive. "A textbook should offer objective study about both the positive and negative uses of the Bible," Conn writes. "Where is the analysis of the role of the Bible in the Inquisition or the Salem witch trials?" They specifically question the tone of a final section, "Freedom and Faith in America," which omits the high court's school-secularization rulings and ends on a truly odd note: a Chinese social scientist attributing the "pre-eminence of the West" to the fact that the "heart of your culture is ... your Christianity." Unlike most of the book, this seems written...
...discussion and education about sexuality, but, more appallingly, it thinly disguises the legislature’s discriminatory interest in banning gay-straight alliances. Our primary objection to this legislation stems from its brazen attempt to regulate the content of student discourse; such regulation, in nearly all forms, stifles the freedom of inquiry so fundamental to education. Like classrooms, student groups and clubs provide an essential venue through which students can explore new subjects, develop existing interests, and engage with their fellow students. Such exposure breeds a community of tolerance and understanding—a lesson fundamental to the educational mission...
...Vietnam War; we didn't like Korea." Without saying the word Iraq, he lets the audience make the connection, then moves on to the theme of bouncing back from mistakes. Terrorists "believe we're weak," he said. "They believe their perverted ideas are stronger than our ideas of freedom ... And they're wrong...
...Their signatures on the document cost most of them their jobs, and many of them their freedom, yet they recall their dissident years with nostalgia. "I miss that connection with those people back then," Stankovicova says...