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...note that it was the President--who supports a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage--who sets policy. In the vice-presidential debate, Cheney had genially acknowledged the remarks of Senator John Edwards after he complimented the Cheneys for standing by their "gay daughter." Friends of the Cheneys insist that the Vice President was actually peeved by Edwards' remark, but chose to hold his tongue. "He was ostensibly being gracious," said a Cheney ally. "But he was really saying, 'You're a punk...
Michael Rogers’ “outing” brigade illustrates his proclivity towards the former, his insistence on its superiority and his willingness to impose it by force. The problems with his tactics are numerous: disrespect for privacy, insensitivity to personal choices and so on. Furthermore, though, they highlight the deep divide between the two camps. His actions are driven by a conviction that Mary Cheney, as a member of an oppressed group, should act out of loyalty for her cohorts. She should be a good ally and use her position of relative power to insist upon full...
...point is not to lambaste Cambridge residents, who, by and large, are so chill that it’s not even funny. Rather, I hope to take aim at the few, the proud—the obstructionists—who insist upon cramping our style at absolutely every turn. I speak to those who doggedly and repeatedly stand in the way of making the university community—nay, the broader community—a better place...
...point is not to lambaste Cambridge residents, who, by and large, are so chill that it’s not even funny. Rather, I hope to take aim at the few, the proud—the obstructionists—who insist upon cramping our style at absolutely every turn. I speak to those who doggedly and repeatedly stand in the way of making the university community—nay, the broader community—a better place...
WHAT WE THOUGHT THEN Although Iraq claimed in 1995 to have unilaterally destroyed its entire arsenal of anthrax, botulinum and other agents after the first Gulf War, the U.S. continued to insist that Saddam retained a large stockpile, along with mobile labs that could produce and store more agents...