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...meaningful would the prayers be, anyway? Religious opponents of school prayer fear petitions that would be content-free. As Christian libertarian Doug Bandow puts it, "Formalistic rituals teach an empty spirituality devoid of meaning." Is there any reason to think the pedagogues who once gave kids George Washington and the cherry tree and who now give them Crispus Attucks and other patriots of color would do any better at framing appeals to the Almighty...
Replacing the Democratic liberals was a herd of Republicans ranging from the born-again to the libertarian, led by the china-and-crystal-sm ashing Congressman from suburban Atlanta, Newt Gingrich, the next Speaker of the House. After a short burst of conciliation on election night, he seemed disinclined to throw Bill Clinton a rope. The President, he said, would be "very, very dumb" to try to stand in the way of the new conservative agenda. And to sharpen the point of the election, he called the Clintons "counterculture McGoverniks...
...G.O.P. is still divided. While making war on Clinton, they will make war on themselves. By and large the new congressional Republicans, led by Gingrich, are of the busybody moralistic sort. But in the statehouses, Republicans like William Weld in Massachusetts and Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin are of the libertarian, problem-solving sort. The Democrats, in a division embodied in Clinton himself, are split between old-line, Big Government sorts and a faction that sees the limits of state intervention. A stable middle has yet to be established. Neither party has the leaders or the programs to transcend the need...
...example, only a "die-hard libertarian" would object to banning sex, football, smoking, drinking, horse-back riding and, well, even driving. All are dangerous activities. Banning them would save lives too. And who could object to that...
...hard to understand why anyone but the most die-hard libertarian would oppose Question Two, a ballot proposal whose only effect would be to save lives...