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Roberts' race is emblematic of a basic struggle this fall over the terms of debate. Is the fall election going to be about Saddam Hussein or Social Security, Iraq or Enron? Will it be about Democratic issues like the sluggish economy, corporate governance and prescription drugs? Or will it be about President Bush's leadership, the war on terror, and Iraq? The party that defines the election will probably win the election...
...originator, Sesame Workshop, the South African version uses homegrown characters and situations to educate while entertaining young children throughout the country. Incorporating all 11 of South Africa's official languages into its pedagogue- approved scripts, Takalani Sesame is seen by an estimated half-million kids a week. It teaches basic skills and rules of behavior, and tries to help children understand and enjoy South Africa's multiracial culture. Not so easy to explain is the reality of an AIDS epidemic that affects almost one in nine South Africans, including about 250,000 children. The number of orphans who have lost...
Allowing Gomes and Pomey this escape would be a judicial farce—a denial of the basic idea that felony larceny carries long-term consequences. The punishment for their admitted theft must be more permanent than repayment of the stolen funds and two years’ probation. The prosecutor’s recommendation that both receive time in prison and perform community service, in addition to fully compensating the Pudding, is far more reasonable. If their guilty pleas are accepted, Gomes and Pomey should be punished like other felons convicted of larceny—they deserve neither special treatment...
This is a particularly blunt exposition of the problem. Still, Krauthammer’s basic model of American political culture is both correct and starkly noticeable here in Cambridge. Campus leftists tend to feel the moral high ground is automatically theirs; conservatives tend to believe they are the true intellects and that, while the liberals they oppose have soft hearts, they have softer heads...
...What are you talking about? Look, read this study that shows living wage ordinances don’t raise unemployment even when implemented across entire municipalities. Besides, what do you know about morality if you don’t think people are entitled to a basic standard of living...