Word: moralizers
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...will). In a 1958 episode that won the show an Emmy, Jim announces he?s building a trophy case for the scholastic and athletic prizes the kids have amassed, and Margaret realizes she has no medals. Darned if she doesn?t go out and try to win one. Inevitable moral: Mom, here?s a medal you?ve earned just for being...
...Travis San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Compromised Standards I am ashamed of our congress for adopting legislation that allows coerced testimony to be used as evidence in trials of terrorism suspects [Oct. 9]. President George W. Bush can sugarcoat the inhumane methods of interrogation all he wants, but there are moral standards that we Americans uphold. If the President is really a Christian, I don't understand how he can request such a bill and use political pressure to force it through Congress over the objections of moral and knowledgeable opponents. We suffered a great loss of life and property...
...Baylor has noted, this is certainly unique compared to the old method of trying to predict what people would do by which denomination they belonged to. Over the last few decades that has proven to be an ever-weakening predictor of moral and political behavior, particularly as denominational definitions have become more elastic and fewer people are attending a church because of the specifics of its doctrine. The current sociological truism is that a Methodist who finds his way to church three times a week and a Catholic who attends daily Mass have more in common than either does with...
Sanders Theatre may ordinarily be home to courses like Ec 10 and Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice,” and a capella performances—but on Saturday night it played host to racy jokes and raucous routines...
...father is thrilled that his son gets a better chance, is that his right? Parents have forever sent their children away in hopes of a better life, sent their Moses afloat in a basket down the river to be found, if God smiles, by Pharoah's daughter. Moral instinct tells us that a father's love counts for something; taking a baby away to be raised even in a splendor does violence to the bonds that define who we are. But is that instinct our luxury, our indulgence? If we were trying to raise our precious children in a country...