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Opponents of the Iraq war ought to be happy for two such prominent converts. So why is their conversion so enraging? Well, first, howzabout an apology? It's maddening that there's no cost for being wrong, even when it translates into thousands of people dead and billions of dollars down the drain. In our culture of value-free celebrity, in which a famous ax murderer equals a famous actress equals a famous Nobel Peace Prize winner, Adelman and Perle have merely earned another 15 minutes as hot guests on the talk shows. They have reason to be pleased, having...
...read about Yunus' microcredit story. In a time of such bleakness and pessimism, the possibility that by 2030 the only trace of poverty could be in a museum was absolutely wonderful news. Imagining a very near future in which the word poverty requires the use of the past tense ought to be enough to make everyone optimistic...
...next time I saw them together, George was in the White House, and he told me, "You ought to be proud of your mom." At the time she was fighting her heart out on the House floor against the Iraq war. On any occasion that I have seen them together in private, they have appeared to be the best of "frenemies"--campaign-trail speak for politicians who keep their friends close and their enemies closer...
...found liberal allies. In the meantime, many non-Muslim Americans will be troubled by these developments and find in them further evidence of the widespread sentiment that Muslim Americans are not being straight with their fellow citizens, that they are hypocrites. Perhaps they are. But then non-Muslims ought to recognize that "hypocrisy" of the sort on view in Minneapolis last week is akin to the tolerance on which our pluralistic society depends. In fact, just such behavior demonstrates that Muslims are beginning to learn what we all must do to get along in America...
...people's business. It is not only possible but it is desirable that people on both sides of the political divide be able to call each other friends and to be able to disagree amicably without waging World War III. We expect that of our kids. We ought to expect it of our lawmakers. The President has always tried to extend a hand to people on both sides of the aisle and he'll continue...