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Pittsburgh, Pa., Bishop Donald Wuerl has recently asserted that "sometimes a single issue will be so important that it overrides a whole range of lesser issues." Yet many experts who confirm abortion's import insist that the issue does not impose lockstep political behavior on believing voters. The church allows believers commonsense, or "prudential," latitude in fitting doctrine to political action. That is not license to contradict teaching, but an acknowledgment of the delicacy of its application in the real world. In practice, says the Rev. John Langan of Georgetown University, prudence could translate into supporting Pennsylvania's pro-choice...
HEALTH CARE Kerry wants to import cheap drugs from Canada, which would hurt stocks like Pfizer, Merck and Eli Lilly. Bush opposes such imports. But hospital firms may do better with Kerry, who wants to expand Medicaid and give more patients the means to pay their bills. "Companies like HCA have been hindered by bad-debt expense," says Wendell Perkins of Johnson Family funds. "We like HCA anyway, but a Kerry win would make it more attractive...
...vast majority of cases, when Harvard students try to effect change in anything other than student-run organizations, they fail. And to the extent that they do succeed, it is largely—as in the case of preregistration—on issues of circumscribed, if not trivial, import...
...network among Lebanese emigres. Israeli intelligence officers confirm that Sudan is a major source, but say most of the guns and bombs still originate in Lebanon. They believe Palestinian groups are trying to acquire deadlier plastic explosives, and fear that the tunnels could also be used to import Katyusha missiles into Gaza. In the face of such threats, Israel does not seem likely to end its aggressive tactics anytime soon...
...been left to sit in dusty energy journals for the last 15 years and have only recently begun to have any focus in mainstream politics. Improving Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards and rethinking the multitude of SUV exemptions are now on the table, as well as considering an oil import tax combined with a tax cut to ensure low income earners are not disadvantaged. These moves could substantially reduce the amount of oil the U.S. uses over the long run and reduce the exposure it has to political instability in the Middle East. The problem is that these kinds...