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Ferdinand Marcos has secluded himself in his palace for two decades while his cronies have captured control of the nation's economy and his army has lost the support of the people. It is not just the Communists who oppose Marcos; moderates have also taken to the streets to protest...
The Universal School makes clear its independence from the controversial institution right next door, the copper-domed Bridgeview mosque. Built a decade before the school, the mosque was started by moderates but then saw a power struggle in which hard-liners came out on top. Among its leaders, said the...
Courageously defying hard-line partisans in both parties, a group of 14 moderate Senators crafted a filibuster compromise on Tuesday, avoiding the nuclear option by preserving the judicial filibuster in extraordinary circumstances. Moderates have wrenched the future of the Senate from the hands of extremists and offered Americans a (perhaps...
These moderates worked together to avert a doomsday scenario and save the filibuster because they recognized that the filibuster is needed to preserve the deliberative nature of the Senate; the filibuster rewards working across party lines, encourages politicians to reach out and try to convince the other side, and prevents...
That a showdown was not more easily avoided reflects a generational shift under way in the Senate, and the fact that the once insular institution has become more reflective of the polarized political landscape around it. Moderates, of either party, are few. Traditionalists like Warner have increasingly been supplanted by...