Word: moralizers
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...Franklin, who personally believed in proportional representation, compromise was not only a practical approach but a moral one. Tolerance, humility and a respect for others required it. The near perfect document that arose from his compromise could not have been approved if the hall had contained only crusaders who stood on unwavering principle. Compromisers may not make great heroes, but they do make great democracies...
...Berlusconi, President of the European Union for the next six months, who has launched this verbal weapon of mass destruction, and it has, predictably, blown up in his face. If the N word has become devalued by overuse, so has the currency of moral indignation. So when French Premier Jean-Pierre Raffarin told a gathering of center-right leaders in Strasbourg last week that his country would be heading straight for heaven if the Socialists hadn't trapped it in purgatory, all hell broke loose, so to speak. But unlike Berlusconi, who needed a full day to choke...
Your article missed the point. The U.S. went to war to subdue a country that endorsed, encouraged and supported terrorism. As a target of terrorist acts, the U.S. has the moral and legal right to defend itself. After 9/11, the question of Iraq's WMD became secondary to the main problem of eliminating a terrorist dictator who was a danger to all. DAN STRUM Jerusalem...
...cleric, from across the U.S., to discuss the sexual-abuse issue as well as other topics relating to the church's identity and mission. A growing number of bishops think such a drastic measure is the only way to get their church (and themselves) out of its spiraling moral and financial crisis. The move would be historic. A plenary council has not been called in the U.S. since 1884. That meeting, among other things, mandated publication of a national catechism and established the Roman collar as obligatory clerical dress. Any such meeting today, however, would come with risks. The agenda...
...Matrix and Terminator 3," he says. "Japanese movies can't compete in terms of budgets and special effects. If we want people to watch, we have to provide something that Hollywood can't." That something, according to Fukasaku, is an alternative to what he sees as the moral certainty of American culture, as reflected both in its movies and its foreign policy. Lead actor Fujiwara, at least, seems to be in the director's camp. "Nanahara may be a terrorist, but I personally think he's the one who's standing on the side of justice," he says...