Word: othering
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Some liberal economists have maintained that the stimulus bill in February was not big enough to fill the economic crater left by the financial crisis. Obama aides refused to endorse that position, even after Obama began planning another stimulus effort in September. Though the Great Recession is officially over, credit...
An economic surge must not be a substitute for efforts to reach a comprehensive peace. But it could complement the quest for a final-status agreement by showcasing the benefits that peace would bring both sides. Or it could be the foundation for a ground-up approach in which the...
The U.S. embassy in Kampala has said it opposes the bill, as have other American officials. Even Scott Lively recently declared that the bill's proposed prescriptions go too far. Rick Warren, however, seems to be avoiding tackling the subject directly. Although he cut ties with Ssempa, the popular preacher...
"As an American pastor," Warren said in his statement, "it is not my role to interfere with the politics of other nations, but it is my role to speak out on moral issues." He told the Ugandan pastors that the bill was "unjust, extreme and un-Christian toward homosexuals." The...
Warren has been at the center of other controversies surrounding gay issues. Barack Obama was criticized by gay-rights activists and others when he picked Warren to deliver the invocation at the Inauguration in January. Warren has also come under attack for his characterizations of homosexuality and gay marriage...