Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...work is prototypical of the cancer eating away at our civilization. It is deeply offensive to Christians. Moreover, it is repugnant even to the many who may not call themselves Christian but who nonetheless have a deep, abiding faith in a higher power. Our Founding Fathers saw the wisdom of rejecting any state religion. Yet they also recognized a Creator who endows [us] with "certain unalienable rights." Putting the government's imprimatur on Piss Christ sends a signal that it is acceptable to mock and blaspheme faith in the Creator upon whom our rights depend...
...savory for Eisner was the chance it provided to silence the Furies. Eisner is a deeply competitive man, routinely described as one of the most ruthlessly ambitious in a town not known for the modesty of its moguls. In one grand gesture he erased much of the conventional wisdom about his style and vision: the heart surgery that was supposed to have mellowed him turns out to have made him even tougher; the egomaniac who was accused of driving away anyone talented enough to threaten his regime embraces Cap Cities' formidable president, Robert Iger, and his team; the tightwad...
Hughes brings to this week's story the passion and wisdom of a seasoned cultural observer who fears the U.S. may become the only developed nation without a public source of money for the arts. He says he has never met House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the force behind the Republican effort to "zero out" federal cultural funding, but relishes an imagined encounter: "I would say, 'Chairman Newt, this is not the way to renew American civilization. You are making a big mistake.'" Which, for Hughes, would be a considerable understatement...
...fate of that reform bill revealed the danger of running the Senate and running for President at the same time. Dole's dual role is both enviable and impossible: he can place himself right in the middle of any issue he wants to address, demonstrating wisdom and leadership while denying his rivals the chance to advance their campaigns from the Senate floor. But he also has more to lose; his tough regulatory bill was a hit with conservative New Hampshire voters, but not with enough moderate Senators to prevent the embarrassing defeat. A watered-down version might have passed...
Conventional wisdom seems to dictate that publishers should not capitulate to threats, but in this case, opponents say, more than abstract principles are at stake. By not capitulating to the Unabomber's demands, editors seem to be placing the importance of their news pages over the sanctity of human life and, in doing so, they are putting more lives in danger...