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In the two months that I have personally known Mike and Jennifer and Doug, one thing has become clear--that they are among the most decent people I have known. Were it not for their compassion and empathy, they would not be in the position they are in now, and...
Sanctuary activists are hoping that what they call a "crackdown on compassion" will be made unnecessary by passage of the DeConcini-Moakley proposal, now in congressional judiciary committees, which would grant temporary residence to Salvadoran refugees. Meanwhile, the knotty question of whether religious convictions can justify civil disobedience seems certain...
Fox plays Marty as a likeable, normal kid with only a slight propensity for things exciting and unusual. Unfortunately, it is just this normality that too often makes Marty bland. Caught between the film's comedic and dramatic worlds, Fox is forced to play Marty as a kind of straight...
Edwards likes to stress how the New Right has developed a compassion for the less fortunate which was not previously present in conservative philosophy.
He points to the concept of the safety net and the supply-side trickle-down effect, both introduced by Reagan, as tangible results of the new compassion among the right. "You cannot totally eliminate poverty," explains Edwards, "but you can do your best to eliminate it."