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How sad to watch a man who was such a subtle and sophisticated foreign policy President dance around-and inadvertently acknowledge-the phenomenal disaster created by his son. But the old man has a point: Junior is about to be deluged with advice about Iraq, and most of it will...
I happen to think this is a useful point of view to take; although Bennett is very largely preaching to the converted. His play and this film will find its audience among middlebrows who have long since learned the lesson of sexual tolerance. Not many fundamentalists are going to see...
(2 of 2) I was astounded to learn that Howard Stern earns $1,000 in 24 sec., while police officers and high school teachers earn the same amount for 43 hr. of work. The disparity of earnings between celebrities and average Americans clearly shows how far our culture's values...
Blind Faith Re "When not Seeing is Believing" [Oct. 23]: Alarmed at the growing strength of fundamentalist religions, Andrew Sullivan suggested that "moderate," "tolerant" and "humble" believers hold the key to religious peace and sensible politics. Nonsense. When in history has religion, however moderate, prevented or eliminated the ignorance and...
But this philosophical dead end misses the more important and more practical question: Should an early-stage embryo, such as one conceived through rape, have the same standing in society as an adult? Fortunately, this problem is far more easily resolved, with the help of a few critical but shockingly...