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...they say, “I wish no one would have an abortion, let’s see how we can make that possible.” They’re offensive because they draw the false distinction, “Either you’re with the right-wing loonies, or you’re with the murderers.” I know that national politicians encourage us to chant our “yays” or “nays” on certain sensitive issues, and define ourselves by those simple opinions. But I think that...
...military force, the President is above the law when acting as Commander in Chief. Other than the Constitution, they argue, the Commander in Chief in wartime does not need to abide by laws that have been passed by Congress, period. This position scares even some on the right wing of the Republican party, but it is a bigger fight than any one Senator can tackle. Says Mike Dawson, an aide to the bill's author, DeWine, "We're trying to prevent terrorist acts by people that would be covered by this bill...
...Central America?s bloody civil wars, defeated Otton Solis of the Citizen?s Action Party by just 1.1%, one of the closest margins in Costa Rica?s history, and he garnered only 40.9% of the total vote. Solis-who was backed by the radical and increasingly popular left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez-opposes Costa Rica?s entrance into the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with...
...Clarification: In the article "Dodging a Bullet in Costa Rica", TIME described presidential election runner-up Otton Solis as having been "backed by the radical and increasingly popular left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez." While the Chavez government favored Solis' candidacy, Solis insists he distanced himself during his campaign from Chavez's more radical anti-U.S. policies. As Solis himself wrote in an email to TIME, "I am sure you know that I have been highly critical of Chavez populism and gut antagonism towards the USA. It seems that you have fallen into the cold war extremist?s view...
...What has changed? Since 2004, India and Pakistan have been engaged in their first-ever meaningful peace process and taken significant steps to normalize relations. What's more, India's Hindu right wing, which rose to prominence by stoking sectarian hatred and held power from 1997 to 2004 under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is in disarray. The party has yet to recover from its election defeat two years ago and the round of bitter infighting that followed...