Word: saner
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...approaches to the Muslim world. It became obvious to many cool headed observers that, while the likes of al-Qaeda and other extremists were still dangerous, they were in fact small hard-line groups. The vast Muslim world was ready for a more respectful and sympathetic approach from a saner US government. How else can one interpret the joyous scenes that followed the election of Barack Obama in most Islamic countries. It was astonishing to hear of young students running around the campus of the University of Indonesia, shouting “We have...
...Read the new TIME cover story on how to make America a saner, better place...
...fact that my red home state of Indiana went blue for Obama while it re-elected Daniels is a welcome signal that Hoosiers are reviving the saner, compromise-friendly politics I grew up with, including Lincolnesque Republicans like Senator Richard Lugar and Rooseveltian Democrats like former Congressman Lee Hamilton. They were civil-tongued consensus builders who presided over a pre-Lee Atwater, pre-MoveOn.org age, before the two parties let their wing nuts become their linchpins...
...third-party candidate with the best chance in 2008 would be a saner Perot. As in 1992, the GOP coalition is cracking along class lines. Many working-class Republicans and independents who backed George W. Bush because he was tough on al-Qaeda now want a President who is tough on globalization. Illegal immigration has supplanted terrorism on the list of concerns for the American right. And at the party's grass roots, voters are turning hard against free trade. Last fall a Wall Street Journal poll found that nearly twice as many Republicans think trade deals hurt as think...
...many people are getting loans and are in great debt just to pay for college," says Boatright's mother Tanesha, 32. "To get a free ride, as a single mother with four kids, that's all you can ask for." That's surely sensible. But in a saner world, kids like Ryan wouldn't be tempted to jump so young. Let his game mature--at 14, he needs muscle, and rotation on his jump shot. Let his mind mature--maybe he'll develop interests beyond basketball, and another institution will emerge as a better fit. "What am I supposed...