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...people who do vote and ignore those who do not. However, many of the people who vehemently disagree with my decision not to vote for a presidential candidate are lacking a holistic view of the concept of democracy. Many of those to whom I speak about the presidential campaign express their desire to vote for President Clinton, an unacceptable option, as he has trampled the concept of ethical leadership, especially in regards to his signing of an extremely suspect welfare reform bill. Bob Dole is merely the lesser of two evils and obviously not the right choice. So, I made...
This is why we are not surprised that one of our own decided to express his frustration with the organization in his bi-monthly column by pointing out the most unctuous portions of its latest publication, and by naming those who appear on the masthead. What does surprise us is the response he apparently elicited. Someone within our community decided that the best way to let Peninsula know that he or she disapproves of its inflammatory and overblown rhetoric was to tape a swastika to the door of one of its members. Apparently, linking Padilla to the genocidal reign...
...statement at the bottom of the Peninsula's masthead claims that "All signed pieces express the views of the author." The article in question, however, was made to sound like a staff editorial: it employed a "we" personification and--in writing of "Peninsula's Official Enemies List" [italics added]--spoke for the magazine as a whole. Moreover, the political and philosophical agenda of Peninsula is so consistent and extreme that those who sign on and allow their names to appear on the masthead have to assume that they will be linked in spirit with all that appears within the magazine...
...about faith that I wrestle with. Faith is too hard. It creates too many conflicts. I think if I myself could do it over again I'd be a man of no faith." There are moments in his usually masterful moderation of the telecasts when that ambivalence seems to express itself more clearly than his faith...
...most ways, having a home page is a good thing. A page gives you the power to express yourself in any way you choose. It can connect you with interesting people the world over you'd otherwise never meet. It can give you a sense of pride in yourself, and establish your presence, however small, in the vast electronic universe...