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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...investment that makes the new emphasis on drones such a radical shift in the way war is waged. Despite the rhetoric employed when we send our soldiers packing, we’ve come a long way from the ideal of war as a forging ground for masculine ideals: the moral enrichment found on Cato’s battlefields, the two Novgorod commanders vying to outdo one another in valor in “Alexander Nevsky.” Even in Vietnam, when these models of individual heroism largely broke down—no longer could one line up manfully...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Enter the Drone | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

...nagging shoulder injury from his Navy days, Reid traveled the world to see how other countries' health-care systems would treat him. From Germany to Canada to Taiwan, he finds several different models for success, all with one thing in common. When considering whether a government has a moral obligation to provide access to health care for all its citizens, Reid notes, "every developed country except the United States has reached the same conclusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...Nasuk is definitely going to be on my panel, along with me, Abdul, Donald Trump and, because of the aesthetic plastic-surgery decisions, Tyra Banks. And while our triage will shorten some lives, we'll lengthen and improve many more. But if Americans would rather take a phony moral high ground instead of admitting that there are a limited number of organs, specialists, equipment, medicine and money, then I'll have to live with not being a panelist. And to make myself feel better, I'm going to use my health insurance to see an acupuncturist, a chiropractor, a psychologist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joel Stein: If I Ran the Death Panels | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...vision, his life can teach us that even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges, history’s long arc indeed bends toward justice. For Democrats moving forward with an ambitious agenda for reforming healthcare, energy, and education policy (to name only a few), Kennedy’s moral voice should continue to resonate. Arguments based on the nuances of legislative language and cost-benefit analysis are indispensable to sound public policy, but should never drown out debate over the broader moral imperatives that Kennedy understood and articulated so well...

Author: By Jonathan S. Gould | Title: Lessons from the Liberal Lion | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...Dalai Lama also made brief remarks about the tragedy and about the invitation for his visit. He has said he had a moral responsibility to visit the victims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dalai Lama Encourages Democracy In Taiwan | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

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