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...national interest above his personal ambitions, unlike certain Democratic presidential nominees. An attack on Obama's convenient flip-flops is an important part of that story. A Republican spokesman says, "There appears to be no issue that Barack Obama is not willing to reverse himself on for the sake of political expedience...
Protestant history has included periods of enthusiastic talk about sex, as well as chilly silence. A famous 1623 Puritan sermon made the case for "mutual [conjugal] dalliances for pleasure's sake," presumably as a distinction from Roman Catholicism's procreation-only rule. In the 1970s, several conservative Christian leaders responded to the popularity of Alex Comfort's classic how-to The Joy of Sex by reminding their flocks that whoopee for whoopee's sake was not doctrinally prohibited; Focus on the Family founder James Dobson and Left Behind co-author Tim LaHaye each put out manuals for married couples...
...love and defense of these ideals that constitutes the true meaning of patriotism. They are ideals that do not belong to any particular party or group of people but call each of us to service and sacrifice for the sake of our common good...
...will of the people to finish off what they started on March 29. Were it not for the will of the people and the claim by the people that we can't look back, one could have said, "What's the point of continuing this campaign?" But for the sake of those who have died and been traumatized, I think it's the fulfillment of their wish to have this change that has kept us in the field and that will keep us fighting...
...President can afford to hold talks for talks' sake or rely exclusively on diplomacy in foreign policy. Anyone who invests the prestige of his office in a summit must know precisely why he is in the room and must anticipate--and guard against--harmful unintended consequences. But in a nuclear world where the U.S. cannot stamp out all threats militarily, our leaders should begin a pragmatic debate about when, how and for what to engage rather than reduce America's options to a false choice between appeasement...