Word: compassioner
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Hitchens has disdain in abundance; for the ideal of consensus, for religion and piety, for phony populism and for any number of perceived half-truths, betrayals, insincerities and miscarriages of justice. But he manages to redeem himself from excessive negativity, or intellectual masturbation, for that matter, by offering at least...
Then, the cell phones came out. We called our friends, parents, aunts, uncles and our favorite administrators. Surely they would want to hear about our misfortune. Their heartfelt words of sympathy warmed our spirits—yes, it is freezing cold, and no, we don’t have anywhere...
“It is the role of the member of a democratic republic to think critically,” he said to a sympathetic audience. “More than anything we need courage and compassion.”
When National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice announced that the President would be making a series of speeches this week, it looked like the stagecraft that signals a big U-turn. Advisers had been whispering about making a "recalibration," in which the President would tighten up the message about progress in...
The President had praise for everyone, and a few suggestions as well: As he lauded the nation's "new heroes" - firefighters, police, teachers, members of the armed services and postal workers - he called on everyone to engage in volunteer work and even enroll in an expanded Americorps. "We are a...