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Sadly, Sevugan’s response is indicative of an all-too-present problem with the Democratic Party: It often dismisses talk of “values” and popular concerns with cultural breakdown. For far too long, Democrats have shunned moral language and allowed Republicans to dominate the conversation. We should stop. It is both politically unwise and undemocratic to simply disregard the deepest beliefs of any part of the American citizenry...
...should be at the heart of our politics.” Remembering these words, it’s disturbing not only to hear the offhanded response of the DNC spokesperson, but also to read the comments on the Daily Kos advocating a value-free politics and listen to students talk about crazy wingnuts’ morality...
...citizen, politician, or party should run away from a debate on American values. We would all do well to remember that it is just as bad for Democrats to bleach away discussion of values as it is for their Republican counterparts to talk traditional morals in order to fearmonger. Americans navigate the world with a moral compass, and at the end of the day, ignoring public conversation about shared values could set our shared journey off course...
...They had a chance to refute the story,” Shah said in an interview with The Crimson yesterday. “I don’t really see what gripe they could possibly have...What was I supposed to do? Drive up there and talk to them individually...
...Angeles were so corrupt that they invalidate the conviction," says Harland Braun, a criminal defense attorney and former deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County. Braun, who worked in Rittenband's court as a young attorney, says the judge routinely held ex parte communications with state prosecutors. "He would talk to people without the other side there, which is completely illegal. Now I didn't do it because I knew someday the proverbial thing was going to hit the fan and that it was unethical." As for Wells' recantation, Braun says, "It does surprise me now that he's said...