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"We believe that it's not just about academics, it's about compassion," Smith said, gesturing to the students cheering out of the open Mass. Hall windows behind him. "This shows up that we have a nation that's on its proper course."
More than three years have passed since George W. Bush started calling himself a "compassionate conservative," yet even now you could be forgiven for wondering what the phrase means. Last week the President delivered as thorough an answer as we are likely to get: a federal budget as thick and implacable as a tombstone. Bush's budget illustrates why compassionate conservatism, as a practical governing philosophy, is doomed. The first half of the phrase cancels out the second--or maybe it's the other way around. In any case, Bush finds himself in a muddle--too timid to admit...
"We believe that it's not just about academics, it's about compassion," Smith said, gesturing to the students cheering out of the open Mass. Hall windows behind him. "This shows up that we have a nation that's on its proper course."
Annals of Statesmanship "Mr. President, Please Don Your Turban . . ." Nothing can console the unfortunate masses of gujarat for their dreadful loss in January's devastating earthquake. But in their darkest hour, there appeared a man whose ferocious appetites and celebrated girth are themselves affirmations of the force of life. Ex...
What happened to the compassion that was supposed to go with Bush's conservatism? The campaign prepared us for some of this--candidate Bush made plain his intention to drill in the Arctic wildlife refuge, not a bad political calculus given America's preference for suvs over caribou. But no...