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...more than an excuse to enjoy the spring weather. But this year’s April 22 Earth Day “festivities”—featuring political rivals Al Gore ’69 and President Bush facing off over environmental policy—were refreshingly partisan and much needed. Even in more peaceful and prosperous times, we Americans tend to concern ourselves mainly with immediate concerns and not the long-term consequences of our actions. The environment is a prime example of a national policy issue that the Bush administration has sorely neglected, partly because...
...keeps third party candidates out of elections. To provide unbiased oversight, the federal government must disband the commission and replace it with an independent commission. This change would take the politics out of supervising elections, and it would mean that the campaign finance laws would be enforced without partisan bias...
...This isn’t a partisan issue, there’s no ill will,” Gayle said. “We want to support President Summers in his effort to diversify the faculty and student body...
...GEORGE W. BUSH A GINGRICH CONSERVATIVE? In style he's clearly not. But he is in philosophy. In 1998 I talked about personal Social Security accounts, additional tax cuts and stronger defense. He is a more effective bipartisan leader, and I was probably a more aggressive partisan leader...
Furthermore, in the ongoing debate about cloning, partisan politics has no place. Every senator must feel free to vote based on personal convictions, without pressure or fear of political retaliation from either side. Only a vibrant and open debate on the ethics of reproductive cloning, in the Senate and elsewhere across the world, will lend legitimacy to the decisions that are ultimately made...