Word: moralizes
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...always thought the fight for reparations was a waste of time--not out of principle, but for practical reasons. Like nearly every black person I've discussed it with, I consider the moral case for compensating African Americans for the crimes committed against their forebears during 244 years of slavery to be unassailable. I even wrote a column about how much it would take to settle our claim--$24 trillion for the pain, suffering and unpaid labor of millions of slaves, deposited in a trust fund that would underwrite education and economic development in impoverished black areas. With funding like...
...behind the idea, whites can be persuaded to support reparations by an appeal to their sense of justice. "I don't think among rational people that you can argue that a graver crime has occurred than slavery," Robinson told TIME's Elaine Rivera. "Whites will come to recognize for moral and practical reasons that reparations benefit the whole of society...
...instinct for the emotional chemistry of issues. The middle third care about environment, more than ever. In just 10 weeks, the Bush environmental dossier has gotten to be a toxic political accumulation. I'm not talking about the merits of individual policies. I'm talking about the moral impressions on which Americans will cast their votes next time. A presidency develops like a Polaroid picture. The emerging picture of the Bush administration is ugly...
...York City." Fogel was among the job switchers who answered similar ads last year. In August he and 349 other recruits attended a pep-rally orientation for New York Fellows, an accelerated-certification program started by schools chancellor Harold Levy. "Urban education," Levy told the group, "has the same moral force as the civil rights movement." After four weeks of all-day classes on teaching methods and lesson plans, the 323 who stuck with the training, and who passed two required state exams, were face to face with their first students...
...because the "other" side (especially Michael Hayden, as the young German defense attorney) is so well represented. And even though the chief accused (Maximilian Schell) confesses his guilt a little too neatly, and the homespun judge (George Grizzard) arrives at the "right" verdict on cue, Mann makes sure the moral journey is not easy. As it never should...