Word: opinionizing
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Less democratic nations have abolished the death penalty without regard for popular opinion. Less violent nations have forgotten the reasons for it. Less humane nations have no qualms about unfair executions. The kernel of the issue, it seems, is the signature American angst over how to balance individual rights with public order...
...electric chair several months later and zapped--but something went wrong, and he survived. Francis recovered enough to realize that the state intended to repair the chair and put him back in it. He begged the court for a reprieve. The squeamishness of the Justices was apparent in the opinion, but ultimately five of them agreed that the equipment malfunction was an honest mistake and thus Louisiana was entitled to try again. That time, Francis was killed...
...question, it seems to me, is not really whether this TIME article is correct in its severe judgment on the state of French culture. My opinion is that it probably is correct, and that in fact many artists from my country are a bit provincial, a little stagnant, unbearably narcissistic and inward-looking. It is not bad to see this denounced. But this bizarre text, the more I think about it, seems less and less a survey of France and more and more a savage reflection of the state of American culture itself. This article speaks truly of America...
...letters should further motivate pastors to get their congregants to the caucuses. "My response to that would be for all of you men to make ten phone calls before you go to bed tonight," Scarborough said on the call. "Tell your people that you have been listening to legal opinion and you can be involved." Throughout the course of the 30-minute call, which included the advice of an attorney, no specific candidates were mentioned...
...Among a now-vigilant national news media, Huckabee's every word, every reference, every campaign stop is going to be scrutinized for its religiosity. Any overstep will be trumpeted. Indeed, prominent conservatives Peggy Noonan and Charles Krauthammer - perhaps reprising the role that George Will played in 1992 - each wrote opinion pieces in recent weeks decrying Huckabee's campaign as overly strident in its religiosity. For Huckabee, the test has become whether he can follow a political, instead of a religious, golden rule...