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Regardless of how extreme the new health-care law may be, it’s wrong to threaten or commit acts of violence over it. Selective condemnation of violence is also wrong and should not be used to malign people for partisan purposes...
...posturing and rancorous debate over healthcare, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law Tuesday, codifying reforms that will indelibly transform the insurance industry. This represents the most drastic form of federal action on domestic affairs since the institution of Medicare decades ago. While the partisan combat will likely continue, this moment belongs to the Democrats. In this victory that has eluded several administrations in the past, the passage of healthcare reform marks a monumental accomplishment for President Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the Democratic Party...
This explains why the recommendations offered by the Texas Board of Education to textbook publishers have inflamed debate over the integrity of our nation’s curriculum. Divisive terms such as "brainwashing," "conservative," and "partisan" color the controversy as each side derides the other for skewing history for political gain. The question of whether the Board’s actions are justified has been opined upon to no end. But such haranguing distracts from a larger issue at hand; the controversy should force Americans to reevaluate their entire sense of history and cast a more critical...
...Patriot’s History of the United States" will hold a countervailing perspective on the events that shaped this nation. When a debate over curriculum arises, either side will maintain that their’s is the true history, while the other’s is but partisan indoctrination. This either-or attitude does little to advance the critical analysis that is necessary to fully understanding our past. There is no "true" history, only honest and open discussion of the past. Only through mature dialogue about these differences can anything productive emerge from such a bitter argument...
Having staked the success of his presidency on the longstanding Democratic dream of universal health care, President Obama finally achieved victory on Sunday night, bringing an end to a yearlong partisan struggle. "This legislation will not fix everything that ails our health care system, but it moves us decisively in the right direction," Obama said shortly after the historic vote. "This is what change looks like." With Democrats chanting the signature line of the Obama presidential campaign - "Yes we can!" - the House voted 219-212 to send a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system to be signed...