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...policy on the spot. When Jonathan Chait of the New Republic questioned his commitment to the dispossessed--pointing out that McCain's tax-cut plan does nothing for low-income people--McCain said, "Maybe I'm not paying attention to the poorest of America. Maybe my priorities are not correct. I selected this course not thinking that it's perfect but thinking that it's the best that I could come up with...
...prison, seven of them are black, and while the town's upper -middle class population seems to be completely white, a black woman and her child are the only individuals seen shopping in an urban thrift store. The racial make-up might be geographically and socio-economically correct, but the proportions in the film are noticeably awkward...
...those who would accuse him of being a callous, indecent, and backward human being. At Smackdown!, no one says a word. A couple of guys actually laugh. In fact, I begin to chuckle, not at the comment, but at a marvelous realization: I don't have to be politically correct--this is professional wrestling! It'sokay to be an asshole. No, it's expected to be an asshole! _Slaughter those disrespectful foreigners! Shame on them for being from Japan!_ Of course, I don't say any of this out loud; Christina looks appalled enough. I can tell she finds these...
Burton has said that this debate is all about "lemonade and buttons." To a large extent, he is correct. Questions of campaign spending and student group relations have been framed in such mundane terms. Perhaps Burton has a simplistic view of his "offenses," perhaps not. But this discussion should not involve race. It has been said that the council plays too many political games. My hope is that they refuse to deal the race card...
...natural response to violent and serious crime, crime that cannot and should not be treated lightly. Such crime cries out for and demands punishment. Punishment, though, is only good inasmuch as it serves to preserve order and safety, redress the wrong done, and--to the extent possible--correct the offender. Only when these three conditions are met does any punishment further the common good, the most basic purpose of all punishment. When we choose the death penalty, what we are choosing is a climate of death. Such a climate is hardly beneficial to the common good, for it robs...