A couple of years back, lots of young people were wearing WWJD on t-shirts and wristbands. It stood for "What would Jesus Do?" and it was supposed to remind the wearer to consider the moral content of any proposed course of action. We can debate the authenticity–not to mention the depth–of such faddish expressions of religious devotion, but there is something to be said for the use of a standard to measure behavior. Accordingly, I hereby propose one.
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Talk Radio
Conservative commentators are having great fun with a report that, in the wake of the mid-term elections, Democrats are looking for liberals who might host radio call-in shows and counter the perceived influence of Rush Limbaugh and his clones. They are right to laugh, even if it is for the wrong reasons.
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Whose Values? Whose Morality?
Pundits tell us that voters came out on November 4th to vote for ?values.? They sure didn?t vote for mine.
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Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Brother Junipers restaurant–a longtime fixture on Massachusetts Avenue–has closed its doors. For many of us, it was a devastating loss.
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Jim Jeffords and Me
On the wall of my office, in a prominent spot among the memorabilia I have accumulated over the years, is a framed letter from my longtime hero, Barry Goldwater. The letter was a response to the only fan letter I have ever sent anyone, a fan letter prompted by Goldwater’s position on gays in the military (“You don’t have to be straight, you just have to shoot straight.”).
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