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...ability to lead our country. But after reading about his unreported positive contributions to millions of Africans, I have a renewed sense of faith in the American people. We elected a President who by most measures hasn't done a very good job but has a good heart. I hope that next time around we will elect someone with a kind heart and good judgment. Larry Kimmel, Bend...
Messier remains marked by the hostility and humiliation that swirled around him in his rapid transformation from star to villain. With his career and fortune in ruins, he recalls, his main "reason for waking up every morning was knowing my children were waiting for me to give them some hope for the future because they couldn't see their dad destroyed...
...embryo equates with murder. But the original mortal sins had as much to do with attitudes as with acts. Greed might lead to theft, lust to adultery, but the sin began in the heart. Yet modern research does not seem wicked to many suffering patients or the doctors who hope to cure them; the church's sin is their salvation. Likewise the accumulation of excessive wealth: leave aside the historical irony of this charge issuing from the Vatican. What do we make of Bill Gates, the Great Acquisitor, who, as a philanthropist, is now arguably the greatest individual force...
...open spaces and captures the sentimentsof journey and optimism thatinspire him.“The whole idea of the settling ofthis country was marked with struggle,”O’Connor said. “The idea that we couldall be free gave us a lot of hope andcourage. Our music refl ected this optimism.”What O’Connor sees as the optimismof American culture is refl ectedin his eagerness to explore and createnew forms of music.For O’Connor, an important aspectof American music is its diversity.In his talk, he noted that...
...private life, its enormous effect on public opinion would have undoubtedly affected his ability to govern. Spitzer’s colleagues and constituents no longer trust him, and with good reason—his two-facedness insults their intelligence. Without their support, Spitzer would have had little hope of passing legislation. Just as stagnancy stalled the federal government after Bill Clinton’s sex scandal in the late nineties, so too would New York’s government have been rife with contention should he have remained governor The public outcry over Spitzer’s transgression rightly stems...